Austro-Hungary:  Baron IGNATZ VON SCHAEFFER. 
  Brazil:  Dr. LUIZ CRULS. 
  Chili:  Mr. F. V. GORMAS and Mr. S. R. FRANKLIN. 
  Costa Rica:  Mr. JUAN FRANCISCO ECHEVERRIA. 
  France:  Mr. A. LEFAIVRE, Mr. JANSSEN. 
  Germany:  Baron H. VON ALVENSLEBEN, Mr. HINCKELDEYN. 
  Great Britain:  Sir F. J. O. EVANS, Prof.  J. O. ADAMS,
      Lieut.-General STRACHEY, Mr. SANDFORD FLEMING. 
  Guatemala:  Mr. MILES ROCK. 
  Hawaii:  Hon. W. D. ALEXANDER, Hon. LUTHER AHOLO. 
  Italy:  Count ALBERT DE FORESTA. 
  Japan:  Professor KIKUCHI. 
  Liberia:  Mr. Wm. COPPINGER. 
  Mexico:  Mr. LEANDRO FERNANDEZ, Mr. ANGEL ANGUIANO. 
  Netherlands:  Mr. G. DE WECKHERLIN. 
  Paraguay:  Capt.  JOHN STEWART. 
  Russia:  Mr. C. DE STRUVE, Major-General STEBNITZKI, Mr.
      KOLOGRIVOFF. 
  San Domingo:  Mr. DE J. GALVAN. 
  Salvador:  Mr. ATONIO BATRES. 
  Spain:  Mr. JUAN VALERA, Mr. EMILO RUIZ DEL ARBOL, Mr.
      JUAN PASTORIN. 
  Sweden:  Count CARL LEWENHAUPT. 
  Switzerland:  Mr. EMILE FREY. 
  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:  Senor Dr. A. M. SOTELDO.

Absent: 

  Denmark:  Mr. C. S. A. DE BILLE.

The PRESIDENT: 

The Chair begs leave to announce that, in the regular order of business, the first matter before the Conference to-day would have been the proposition of the Delegate of Great Britain, Mr. SANDFORD FLEMING, that a committee be appointed to consider a report upon the resolution offered by him yesterday.  The Chair understood, however, from Mr. FLEMING this morning that he had no desire to press that proposition, and, therefore, it may be considered as withdrawn.

The question then would be upon the amendment offered by the Delegate of Spain, Mr. JUAN PASTORIN, and if that amendment be withdrawn upon the amendment offered by the Delegate of Sweden, Count LEWENHAUPT.  The Chair understands that both of those gentlemen desire to withdraw their propositions temporarily, and, in that event, the first action to be taken will be upon the resolution offered by the Delegate of the United States, Mr. RUTHERFURD.

Mr. RUSTEM EFFENDI, Delegate of Turkey.  In voting yesterday in favor of the resolutions proposed by the Hon. Delegate of the United States, I wish to have it well understood that my vote does not bind my Government.  I am, indeed, obliged to vote against any proposition which would tend to bind it in any way, for I desire to leave it free to act in the matter.

I engage to submit to my Government the result of our deliberations and to recommend their adoption, but that is all.  In other words, I have only voted “ad referendum,” and I ask that my statement be entered in the protocol.

The PRESIDENT.  The Chair would inform the Delegate who has just spoken that the same statement was made by several delegates at a former meeting of the Conference.