CHAPTER XLVIII 



AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN DELEGATION AT THE 

 PEACE CONFERENCE OF THE HAGUE: IV-1899 



June 16. 



THIS morning Count Monster called and seemed much, 

 excited by the fact that he had received a despatch 

 from Berlin in which the German Government which, 

 of course, means the Emperor had strongly and finally 

 declared against everything like an arbitration tribunal. 

 He was clearly disconcerted by this too literal accep 

 tance of his own earlier views, and said that he had sent 

 to M. de Staal insisting that the meeting of the subcom 

 mittee on arbitration, which had been appointed for this 

 day (Friday), should be adjourned on some pretext until 

 next Monday ; for, said he, if the session takes place 

 to-day, Zorn must make the declaration in behalf of Ger 

 many which these new instructions order him to make, 

 and that would be a misfortune. 7 I was very glad to 

 see this evidence of change of heart in the count, and 

 immediately joined him in securing the adjournment he 

 desired. The meeting of the subcommittee has therefore 

 been deferred, the reason assigned, as I understand, be 

 ing that Baron d Estournelles is too much occupied to 

 be present at the time first named. Later Count Miinster 

 told me that he had decided to send Professor Zorn 

 to Berlin at once in order to lay the whole matter before 

 the Foreign Office and induce the authorities to modify 

 the instructions. I approved this course strongly, where 

 upon he suggested that I should do something to the same 



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