Show END CONFERENCE 4 Peace Delegates Conclude Their Labors La-bors at The Hague THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED i BARON DE STAEL SAYS GREAT GOOD WILL COME I Several Declarations and Provisions Upon Whkh the Powers Were Not UnanimousUnited States Holds Back On Some PropositionsThe Pope Writes a LetteJ 4 The Hague July 21Thc Interna tlonal peace conference met for its final sitting today when It was announced sixteen states h14 signed the arbitration arbitra-tion convention Ifethc other two conventions seventeen the declaration prohibiting the throwing of projectiles or explosives from balloons sixteen the declaration prohibiting the use ot asphyxiating as-phyxiating gases and tiCeen the dec laraton prohibiting the use of expansive expan-sive bullets A letter was read from the queen 01 Holland to the pope asking hIs moral support of the conference The popes reply which was red promIsed cooperation co-operation recalled the fact that he had many times performed the function ot arbitrator and arsured her majesty that In spite of his present abnormal position the pope would continue to seek the advancement of civilization Baron de Stal delivered thc farewell address thankIng the representatives ot foreign state Ie sId the work accomplished ac-complished while not so complete as mIght be desired was sincere wise and practical The great principles of the sovereIgnty of IndIvIdual states and In teatonl solidarity apparently so opposing had ben reconciled by what they had accomplished He affirmed that In time to come institutions which had their orIgin In the need of COncord nee concor would be the dominating influence and that thus the work of the conference was truly meritorious Conference Declared Closed Minister Eseurncles and Dr Beaufort Beau-fort followed the latter saying that If the conference had not realize Utopian Uto-pian dre1f nevertheless It had disapproved dis-approved pessimistic forebodins and the moral effect would more and more influence public opinion and aid governments govern-ments to solve questions of the lmita tionsi ot armaments which still remain a source of grave consideration for statesmen ot all countries Baron de Staal then declared the conference con-ference closed The three conventions dealing with arbitration the laws and customs or war and the adaptation of the Geneva convention to naval warfare were not signed by Germany AustrIaHungary China England Italy Japan Luexum berg Serl3 Switzerland or Turkey The United Stats signed only the arbitration ar-bitration convention and that under reserve re-serve Rcumanla also made reservations reserva-tions The three declarations prohibiting the throwing of explosives from baloons the use ofaxphyxlatng projectiles and the use of dumdum bullets were not sIgned by Germany AustrlaHungatj China England Italy Japan Luexum berg Serin or SwItzerland and the United States signed only the declaration declara-tion regarding the throwing of explo sivcs from balloons |