[35]. The delegates for the United States of America were Andrew D. White, United States ambassador at Berlin; Seth Low, president of Columbia University; Stanford Newell, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague; Captain Alfred T. Mahan, United States Navy; William Crozier, captain of artillery; Frederick W. Holls, lawyer, of New York, secretary to the delegation. Mr. Holls died in 1903.—Translator.
[36]. The Russian delegates were Von Staal, ambassador at London; Martens, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Vasily, also of the Foreign Department; and five technical delegates.—Translator.
[37]. Professor Zorn of the Law Faculty in the University of Bonn, scientific delegate to the Peace Congress.—Translator.
[38]. Persia was represented at the First Peace Conference at The Hague by Aide-de-camp General Mirza Rhiza Khan (Arfa-ud-Dovleh), ambassador at St. Petersburg and Stockholm, and Mirza Samad Khan (Montazis-Sultanah), counselor of legation.—Translator.
[39]. For an account of the outcome of this critical situation see Andrew D. White’s “Autobiography.”
[40]. Baron von Bildt, ambassador from Sweden and Norway to the court of Italy. He was the only delegate plenipotentiary from Scandinavia; but Sweden and Norway each sent two technical delegates.—Translator.
[41]. These were M. Georges Bihourd, ambassador at The Hague, Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, and three technical delegates—General Mounier, Rear Admiral Péphau, and Professor Louis Renault of the Law Faculty and legal adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.—Translator.
[42]. Sir John A. Fisher, Vice Admiral, technical delegate from Great Britain.—Translator.
[43]. Dr. Voïslaf Velkovitch, professor of law in the University of Belgrade; the other representatives of Servia were Miyatovitch, envoy at London and The Hague, and Colonel Maschin, envoy at Cetinje.—Translator.
[44]. There are a hundred cents to a dollar and a hundred years to a century. Ninety-nine cents do not make a dollar; nor does the year 1899 end the century.—Translator.