Show leopold afra d of arb trat on the hague the decision of the belgian government to oppose obliga tory arbitration is attributed to the coan and of king leopold who is fear fil that his claims in the congo might be affected in the event of the adap tion of the proposal the king it is added has been unable to induce M head of the belgian dele gatlon to vote against 1 is life long convictions and is said to have con calved the plan for leaving the depre sen tation of beegi im on this subject in the hands of the other two belgian delegates |