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'Estournelles 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 most 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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