: Memoirs of Bertha von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful Life (Vol. 2 of 2) by Suttner Bertha Von - Peace; Suttner Bertha von 1843-1914; Women Austria Biography

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OF VOLUME II

PART SEVEN

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XL. FROM HARMANNSDORF AND FROM CHICAGO 3

Slow increase. Far-reaching endeavors from our quiet corner. Childlessness. With Aunt Lotti. My brother. The World's Fair at Chicago, and the Peace Congress. Olga Wisinger-Florian. I am represented by Olga Wisinger. Congress of Religions. Petition of the various ecclesiastical bodies to the governments in favor of a court of arbitration.

Vereshch?gin in Vienna. He does the honors at his exhibition. "All Quiet before Plevna." "Apotheosis of War." Moltke standing before this picture. A picture of what Vereshch?gin himself had seen during the war and painted. Concerning a picture which he could not paint. Further reminiscences of his military life. His Napoleon pictures. A remark of William II regarding them. War and hunting.

Committee meeting of the Interparliamentary Union at Brussels. Letter from Senator Trarieux. Address to Gladstone. Address to the French and Italian deputies. Warning as to the duties of the Union. The "inevitable war" between France and Italy. The case of Aigues-Mortes. Settlement through the friends of peace in both countries.

Increase of correspondence. Countess Hedwig P?tting. Gift from Duke von Oldenburg. Schloss Erlaa. The duke's consort. Peace efforts of Prince Peter von Oldenburg thirty years ago. Letter from this prince to Bismarck. Letter from Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson.

Preparation for the Congress by the Belgian government. Houzeau de Lehaye. A reminiscence of the battlefield of Sedan. Concerning free trade. Audience with King Leopold. Invitation to the Interparliamentary Conference. Reception the evening before. Pithy sentences from Rahusen's address. Opening. "No other cause in the whole world...." Second day of deliberation. Stanhope. Gladstone's proposal. Debate over the tribunal plan. Dr. Hirsch puts on the brake. Rejoinder by Fr?d?ric Passy and Houzeau. Randal Cremer. Concluding festivities in Scheveningen.

The Union for Resistance to Anti-Semitism once more. Article by A. G. von Suttner. In the house of Christian Kinsky. Recollection of a home dinner with the Empress. War between Japan and China. Appeal of the Peace Congress to the Powers for intervention. Answer of the Russian Minister of War, Giers. The fruits of German military instruction in Japan. The Peace of Shimonoseki. Interparliamentary Conference in Brussels. Sending out the formulated and accepted plan for an arbitration tribunal. First appearance of the Hungarian Group, with Maurus J?kai and Count Apponyi at its head. Hopeful and distressful signs of the times. From the Congress of the Association Litt?raire in Dresden. Trip to Prague. At Professor Jodl's. Lecture in "The German House." Banquet. La Busca. Visit at Vrchlicky's. Trip to Budapest. Founding of the Hungarian Peace Society. War in sight between England and the United States. Removal of the danger.

Gumplowicz: father and son. The Italian campaign in Africa. Utterances of King Menelik. The defeat of Adowa. The warlike press. Demonstrations against war. Victory of the peace party. Correspondence with Carneri. From Armenia and Macedonia. Insurrection in Cuba and a sharp proclamation. Professor R?ntgen's discovery. The Anglo-American arbitration treaty. Death of Jules Simon. A letter from Jules Simon.

General T?rr's visit at Harmannsdorf. Anecdotes from his life. Garibaldi's appeal to the governments. Our journey to Budapest. Reception and preliminary festival. Opening of the Congress. From T?rr's address. The historical Millennial Exposition. ?lie Ducommun gives a report on the year's events. Debate: Armenian horrors. Address to the pope. Letter from Dr. Ofner. Excursion to the Margareteninsel. The youngest member of the Congress. Exciting debate about dueling. Nepluief and his institution. Deputation from the Society for the Protection of Animals. Conclusion of the Congress. Preliminary festival of the Conference. Soir?e at the Parkklub. Opening session in the House of Magnates. Second session. Soir?e at the Prime Minister's. From the protocol. Apponyi on the participation of Russia in the conferences. The Russian consul Vasily and his action. Excursion into the future. Visit at Maurus J?kai's. Gala operatic performance. End of the Conference. Opening of the "Iron Gate."

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