Show AN conference CON FERFNCE tomorrow to morrow the international marine conference is to open its session at washington every maritime country of europe except portugal has sent delegates and BO have all the republics oi central and southern america is well as the asiatic empires of china and japan and the little kingdom of hawaii great britain sends the government secretary of the board of trade three admirals a member of parliament and officers of her great mercantile steam lines to represent her germany sends a privy councilor who has been a sea captain a president of the supreme court a consul general and a captain of the imperial navy kusera sends a picc admiral italy a rear admiral end overy power which is depre dented at all ha skillful seamen to represent it the highways of ocean no longer are lonely the stream of traffic is as constant as that of the tides collisions on the seas are more arc quent than the wreck that is hauled to the roadside on land often lies covered by but a few feet of water at sea and ia the hidden cause of other wrecks fogs and storms often confuse the pathway of the ships and the highways of oceans aro not bordered by electric lights the dangers of the sea though greatly reduced in number and magnitude by modern science still are many and grave it is to devise plans for the future reduction of these dangers that alio conference assembles well nigh the most important subject to be die cussed is that of removing wrecks that lie in alie direct course or traffic or of indicating their position AB the high beas are not the property of any one nation so no one nation lias been held responsible for the deduction of these derelicts whose sunken frames arc les frequent occasions of other weeks than are the hidden rocks it is proposed to divide the oceans into districts assigning one or more to the sanitary police agency so to speak of each great nation of course the jurisdiction of nations will be confined to mere polica powers in the removal of obstructions for tho beas ever mil the of the whole world of certificates of inspection of sc going vessels is another prime topic of abo conference could this important measure be achieved the losa of life and property would be greatly lessened and the adoption of a uniform code cf lights and signals alao ia a matter of great import it is not expected that the of the conference ill go into instant but all the rules recommended by it are suro to he considered respectfully by the legislatures of the great powers and it is all out certain that many of them will be generally approved and ba mal kob K ob eject ef treaty conven tlona |