Show El S sm pI t rt PEACE Ct C CONFERENCE ft t Ct SI S c I ii Secy of SIO State 10 liar flay Addresses n 0 t Circular Note to the Powers MANY MARY REPLIES ARE AHE RECEIVED uni 11 Pi III HUMIns Says She Cannot Participate At Present a II lou louvIs VIS Washington Wll Dee Dec ne 18 That the fur tur further ther tier of ot preparatory to Ut 01 of ot a ft program for tor fort At another M IlC ci conference at it t The Hague t ci Cu be it effected through the tha th bureau under the Uti control of ot th Wr Mr wr administrative council of ot Tho The Hague U ii I tile Ih offend by byTh In a IL circular note noto to f Th 8 Boer Hocy y hay lUy made mida public at the state da de Mf the pow today lodA The rhe note not was w a week weak ago 10 publication was wU withhold until but hul ltd JUI j It II Md had tt tho various American Am lI IJ and abroad The Theao Tb ao secretary the tho th replies of ot nil the tho powers to 10 lila ii hi note not of at Oct Jet 21 31 and thu tho gratification Kf of ot the tul en r dent at th the cordial l reception of bin hta In Invitation Inu Ina u a c taken thia Initial however the say IRY the theIn theIn president fecla that he ha haa has none gone as aa tar for tart fre 1 Ir In 1 III ho he IC appropriately can tatI hat with whit C t e tho ho general acceptance of ot liU hll Invitation i In It principle Suture future conduct of ot the Ui af nt affair lilU fair tAli Mr may fitly follow tollow iu Ita It normal chin chan channel chinini nel 1101 ini tho conditional acceptance ee pt noe I hitI et r h of I Becy Secy Hay MYC that while white the tiie this reply neo lien i t e I 1 l I III ii to C he regretted thin title stoY ov Oy oie NOli re the weight waight of ot the IMd If notice which It Ith OP OI NOTE NO TIC h roi J The text of ot the note follows Ilet Department of State Slate Washington er Dor IJ 16 1001 To the T 1 Of tho Iho United Stated Accredited to 10 th tho Government Signatory to the Arti Arte Acl of ot The rho Hague Hogue Conference Bin to Hy ii tM circular Instruction tinted dated Oct ili 21 i 1904 tho of ot thi thA thAe e f t accredited to the several 1 t which took look part In lu the tho tn peace conference held heIt at The Hague In 1809 tin Joined In III tinning the thenet Coil net act thereof were werl Instructed to bring brine to luent the notice of ot thion governments car cere certain Ott ot it Hi lain tain resolution adopted by lIy the Inter IntorN Mr N I t parliamentary union at Rt IU flit II annual con ion conference ference ter nce held hold At St Loula Loul In September last hint advocating the tho assembling of n a athe the tho rl ii pence pellO conference to 10 continue continuo on tin li It l the work of ot the till and lIlI were ivere directed nUit t f to IQ Ascertain to tt what extent those gov governments t were disposed d to not In the tho thelIne lIne gt matter tito The Tue Th replies so ao o far l Indicate t that the tho proposition pro hM hajt been hoen received seine with general favor No haw hAIl occur UJ found lon TI Tl e it pint 1110 i of Denmark France Franca Germany O Great Gront Italy of thi tM Maxico the Netherlands Por Portugal ii atone ne 9 pain Spain Sweden and t and anil Switzerland exhibit sym lIm sympathy pathy path with of the tho pro age ngo ln and g accept It In prin principle nt lain tain 11 Klo n t I ti ciple with u IL reservation ro In moat most ot of future of the tho date lIale of the conference and the pro groin of sub aub subjects dish 11 i for tor lon regul The Tho replies of Japan and Husain quart conveyed In like torms a It friendly roc rec recognition ol of tho the and purposes of ot ote defined e n the tho Invitation but on the part hart of oC Hun HUll hed lied n p ala alft tho the reply WIll was accompanied by tho the theer very WI er li Ii statement that III In the UlO existing condi contti condition tion of ot In the for far oaRt It would INV I V not nol bo be practicable for tor the Imperial Onh On It h government at thin moment to take Inko takeover over oer a 11 part In such a 11 conference While this reply tending MI ki It I dote doe to CRUSt cause tome ionic th t the a e go goot g o postponement of ot the proposed second ot of o NIO conference Is In deeply regretted the tho c met last y r ht of ot th the motive which Induces It tl Itla mount la lIS recognized by this thie government find and per over iver a n aThe probably Ii b by other Japan made mud tho tha thaI 1 The I ho H roer rOllen allon only that no nt ni in two o to be ht taken by the th relative to d the present w wiT war r Although the of ot an early convocation atlon of ot an t of ot representative of the nation In the Interest of pence peace anti and harmony among them II la deterred deferred for tor the time being It may moy be bl regarded at II to so peon Mon Mona In a peal position a IL ILP the power are ar tion lion to agree atre upon n R lute lati 1 and place of ot meeting and to Join In the formula formulating ting tint ot of a 0 general plan for The Th president I l much gratified at tho the cordial ordiL reception of ot hi hie overtures overture He lie feel that In 11 it eliciting allotting the common eon of ot the government In favor of ot tile the principle Involved anti and of the object sought to bf be attained a not notable notable able Abl step I hu haa been ben taken toward event eventual eventual eventual ual success I Pending a 1 i definite agreement for tor 1 meeting when shall Iball hul per neT mil mit It teem seems that a corn coin par lion of ot view should he lie had hid amenthe among amen the participants participant ant at as to the th Mope ang Alt matter of ot the to 10 lie III before the thit seventh The Chic In put forth by the lit government of the United did not to do more thun to 10 0 the gen sen etch topic which th the Una act art of or the lie Orl conference of The Hague role relit relegated gated na as to Gull by ty n 8 I future conference In connection conn lIun with the Import Important aril ant subject of ot the Inviolability of ot private vate vats property In III naval warfare to the like Ilk view I expressed by the he of ot the United States State In UH its evolution April A tt 1 2 Ol Oi with the till added suggestion that hint It nty i be desirable to consider and adopt a It procedure by hy which the IIII states to the original orl Irl 11 I art acts of Vhs The Hague Hugue conference may be become b come adhering partle In the prawn t state of ot the project this I Is still ed to formulate n IL I pro program gram gramIn ram ramIn In IwI vis of the virtual certainty that the pr lune of ot The rhe HH la the place nIece of ot meeting of ot a eo neace conference will i be he accepted by byall b all iiii the Interested powers and anit In III view iGi alto elto of at the fact lIft an tin organized n pre of the ho cf of e t the tho act fitts of ot now no exIsts at that capital thu government tee feels I that It should not alum aume the he Initiative In drawing un up a Ii program nor preside pr over the de tie deliberations liberations of ot the signatories In that regard It ft to the president pre that the high talk salt he undertook In III seeking to 10 bring briM about an 1111 agreement of or the he pow tow tower er erK to 10 meet m tt In a pence peace confer conter conference ence euro I is III virtually HO 80 o far farK faras K as 11 It iii I appropriate for to him to not act and that with the general of ot his Invitation In III principle the future conduct of the affair fitly follow tollow It Its III normal channels To ro thin It II Is Ia that lint the tb further and necessary sary eRr interchange of or view between hot the signatory of ot the acts of ot Is 1 be bo effected affected through the International bu hll bureau reau under tinder the ho control of the Iho permanent administrative council of ot The Hague It I Is believed In title way by utilising ing lug the central representative agency established hed and maintained by the tho pow powers ors ers themselves an all orderly treatment of the preliminary consultations con may maybe ma maybe I Ibe be and n lid the tho way loft left clear for tor forthe forthe i the eventual action of the government of the lie Netherlands In h calling coiling n a renewed conference to assemble As emble at nt The Flie Hague should that course be adopted You will ivill bring this title communication to 10 Ii the knowledge go nf of the minister ler for tor foreign and Invite consideration of ot the suggestions herein heroin mad madI I am ant sir lr your obedient obe lent servant JOHN JOliN HAY HAYI itA y yI I |