CHAPTER FORTY-NINE 



In Paris, Riviere made us welcome at his ample 

 establishment on the Boulevard de la Madeleine, 

 where a vacant apartment had been prepared for our 

 reception. 



I now received an invitation to attend a conference An official 

 of European statesmen called together on June 26 by ^°^^""^'^' 

 the society entitled "La Paix par le Droit." The 

 meeting took place at 24 Rue Pierre Curie, with 

 D'Es^ournelles de Constant in the chair. Among 

 those present were Dr. Heinrich Lammasch^ of 

 Vienna, Dr. Theodor Curti, editor-in-chief of the 

 Frankfurter Zeitung, Paul Eyschen, premier of Lux- 

 emburg, Georges Bourdon of Figaro^ George H. 

 Perris of the London Chronicle, Nicholas Murray 

 Butler, and a number of others prominent in France, 

 England, Belgium, and Holland. Norman Angell 

 and Theodore Ruyssen had taken part in previous 

 meetings, but, as I remember, neither attended on 

 that day. 



Relating my Balkan experiences I dwelt especially 

 on the plight of the refugees, and expressed the con- 

 viction that a customs union leading toward federa- 

 tion offered the only hope for peace in that region. 

 But what they m.ost desired was my judgment of the 

 work of the Balkan Commission of Inquiry.^ 



The Conference gave special consideration to 



1 See Chapter xliv, page 521, Chapter lv, pages 764-766, and Appendix L. 

 * See Chapter xlviii, page 605. 



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