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sources, and is confirmed by the fact that, in the subcom 

 mittee, one of the German delegates, Professor Zorn 

 of Konigsberg, who had become very earnest in behalf 

 of arbitration, now says that he may not be able to vote 

 for it. There are also signs that the German Emperor 

 is influencing the minds of his allies the sovereigns of 

 Austria, Italy, Turkey, and Roumania leading them to 

 oppose it. 



Curiously enough, in spite of this, Count Nigra, the 

 Italian ambassador at Vienna and head of the Italian 

 delegation, made a vigorous speech showing the im 

 portance of the work in which the committee is engaged, 

 urging that the plan be perfected, and seeming to indi 

 cate that he will go on with the representatives who favor 

 it. This, coming from perhaps the most earnest ally of 

 Germany, is noteworthy. 



At the close of the session Sir Julian Pauncefote 

 informed Dr. Holls that he was about to telegraph his 

 government regarding the undoubted efforts of the 

 German Emperor upon the sovereigns above named, 

 and I decided to cable our State Department, in 

 forming them fully as to this change in the condition of 

 affairs. 



At eight went to the dinner of our minister, Mr. Newel, 

 and found there three ambassadors, De Staal, Minister, 

 and Pauncefote, as well as M. Leon Bourgeois, president 

 of the French delegation; Sir Henry Howard, the Brit 

 ish minister ; Baron de Bildt, the Swedish minister ; and 

 some leading Netherlands statesmen. Had a long talk 

 with M. de Staal and with Sir Julian Pauncefote regard 

 ing the state of things revealed this afternoon in the 

 subcommittee on arbitration. M. de Staal has called a 

 meeting of the heads of delegations for Saturday after 

 noon. Both he and Sir Julian are evidently much vexed 

 by the unfortunate turn things have taken. The latter 

 feels, as I do, that the only thing to be done is to go 

 on and make the plan for arbitration as perfect as pos 

 sible, letting those of the powers who are willing to do 



