Turkey: Rustem Effendi.
United States: Rear-Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, Mr. Lewis
M. Rutherfurd, Mr. W. F. Allen, Commander W. T.
Sampson, Professor Cleveland Abbe.
Venezuela: Dr. A. M. Soteldo.
Absent:
Denmark: Mr. C. S. A. de Bille.
Salvador: Mr. Antonio Batres.
The President. The first business before the Conference to-day is the resolutions offered by the Delegate of Great Britain, General Strachey; but before we proceed the Delegate of San Domingo, Mr. Galvan, asks permission, as a matter of privilege, to read a communication to the Conference.