TURKEY His Excellency TURKHAN PASHA, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs, member of the Council of State, first delegate, plenipotentiary. His Excellency NOURY BEY, Secretary General to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, delegate plenipotentiary. His Excellency ABDULLAH PASHA, General of Division of the Staff, delegate plenipotentiary. His Excellency MEHEMED PASHA, Rear Admiral, delegate plenipotentiary. YOUSSOUF BEY, Head of the Cabinet of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, secretary of the delegation. AGHIAH BEY, Assistant Head of the Bureau of Translation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, secretary of the delegation. DJEVAD BEY, Lieutenant Colonel, secretary of the delegation. [6] CHERIF BEY, Assistant to Legal Councillors of the sublime Porte, secretary to the delegation. BULGARIA Dr. D. STANCIOFF, Diplomatic Agent at St. Petersburg, first delegate, plenipotentiary. Major CHR. HESSAPTCHIEFF, Military Attaché at Belgrade, second delegate, plenipotentiary. BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE Honorary President: His Excellency Mr. W. H. DE BEAUFORT, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands. President: His Excellency Mr. STAAL. Vice President: Jonkheer A. P. C. VAN KARNEBEEK. SECRETARIAT Secretary general: Jonkheer J. C. N. VAN Eys, Resident Minister of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; Assistant secretary general: Mr. RAFFALOVICH, Councilor of State, technical delegate of Russia; Secretaries: Mr. ALBERT LEGRAND, Secretary of Embassy of France; Mr. EDOUARD DE GRELLE ROGIER, First Secretary of the Legation of Belgium; Chevalier W. DE RAPPARD, Secretary of Legation of the Netherlands; Jonkheer A. G. SCHIMMELPENNINCK, Secretary of Legation of the Netherlands; Mr. MAX JAROusse de SillaC, Attaché of Embassy of France; Jonkheer J. J. ROCHUSSEN, Assistant Head of the Bureau of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at The Hague; Technical secretaries: Mr. G. J. C. A. Pop, Captain on the Staff; Mr. C. E. DITTLINGER, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. ASSISTANTS TO THE SECRETARIAT Mr. D'ERCKERT, Secretary of the German Legation. [7] OPENING MEETING MAY 18, 1899 The Governments of Germany, the United States of America, AustriaHungary, Belgium, China, Denmark, Spain, France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Serbia, Siam, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Bulgaria, having, on the proposal of the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and on the invitation of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, engaged to seek the most effective means of ensuring to the peoples a lasting peace, and of limiting the progressive development of military armaments, the delegates of the said Governments are united in conference to-day May 18, 1899, at 2 o'clock in the Palace in the Wood. Present: For Germany: His Excellency Count MÜNSTER, German Ambassador at Paris, first delegate. The Baron VON STENGEL, professor at the University of Munich, second delegate. Dr. ZORN, Judicial Privy Councilor, professor at the University of Königsberg, scientific delegate. Colonel GROSS VON SCHWARZHOFF, Commandant of the 5th Regiment of Infantry, No. 94, technical delegate. Captain SIEGEL, Naval Attaché to the Imperial Embassy at Paris, technical delegate. For the United States of America: His Excellency Mr. WHITE, United States Ambassador at Berlin, delegate. Mr. STANFORD NEWEL, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. The Honorable SETH LOW, president of the Columbia University at New York, delegate. Captain A. T. MAHAN, United States Navy, delegate. Mr. W. CROZIER, Captain of Artillery, delegate. For Austria-Hungary: His Excellency Count R. voN WELSERSHEIMB, Ambassador Extraordinary, first delegate. Mr. A. OKOLICSÁNYI VON OKOLICSNA, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, second delegate. Mr. CAJETAN MÉREY VON KAPOS-MÉRE, Counselor of Embassy and Chief of Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, assistant delegate. Mr. HEINRICH LAMMASCH, professor at the University of Vienna, assistant delegate. Mr. VICTOR VON KHUEPACH ZU REID, ZIMMERLEHEN UND HASLBURG, Lieutenant Colonel on the General Staff, assistant delegate. Count STANISLAUS SOLTYK, Captain of Corvette, assistant delegate. For Belgium: His Excellency Mr. AUGUSTE BEERNAERT, Minister of State, President of the Chamber of Representatives, delegate. The Count DE GRELLE ROGIER, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. The Chevalier DESCAMPS, Senator, delegate. For China: Mr. YANG YÜ, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, delegate. [8] For Denmark: Chamberlain FR. BILLE, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at London, first delegate. Mr. J. G. F. VON SCHNACK, Colonel of Artillery, ex-Minister for War, second delegate. For Spain: His Excellency Duque DE TETUÁN, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs, first delegate. Mr. W. RAMIREZ DE VILLA URRUTIA, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, delegate. Mr. ARTURO DE BAGUER, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. The Count DE SERRALLO, Colonel, Military Attaché to the Spanish Legation at Brussels, technical delegate. For France: Mr. LÉON BOURGEOIS, ex-President of Council, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs, member of the Chamber of Deputies, first delegate. Mr. GEORGES BIHOURD, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, second delegate. The Baron D'Estournelles de CONSTANT, Minister Plenipotentiary, member of the Chamber of Deputies, third delegate. Mr. PÉPHAU, Rear Admiral, technical delegate. Mr. MOUNIER, General of Brigade, technical delegate. Mr. LOUIS RENAULT, professor of the Faculty of Law at Paris, technical delegate. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: His Excellency Sir JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Ambassador of the United Kingdom at Washington, first delegate. Sir HENRY HOWARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, second delegate. Sir JOHN A. FISHER, K.C.B., Vice Admiral, technical delegate. Sir J. C. ARDAGH, Major General, technical delegate. For Greece: Mr. DELYANNI, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris, delegate. For Italy: His Excellency Count NIGRA, Italian Ambassador at Vienna, Senator of the Kingdom, first delegate. Count A. ZANNINI, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague, second delegate. The Chevalier LOUIS ZUCCARI, Major General, technical delegate. The Chevalier AUGUSTE BIANCO, Captain, Naval Attaché to the Royal Embassy at London, technical delegate. For Japan: The Baron HAYASHI, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, first delegate. Mr. I. MOTONO, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, second delegate. Colonel UEHARA, technical delegate. Captain SAKAMOTO, Japanese Navy, technical delegate. For Luxemburg: His Excellency Mr. EYSCHEN, Minister of State, President of the Grand Ducal Government, delegate. The Count DE VILLERS, Chargé d'Affaires at Berlin, delegate. For Mexico: Mr. DE MIER, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris, delegate. Mr. ZENIL, Minister Resident at Brussels, delegate. For Montenegro: The delegation of Russia: For the Netherlands: Jonkheer A. P. C. van KarnebeeK, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs, member of the Second Chamber of the States-General, delegate. General J. C. C. DEN BEER POORTUGAEL, ex-Minister for War, member of the Council of State, delegate. |