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Sir:-

THE HAGUE,

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December 7th ISLAN 12

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I have the honour to report that the Internation-

al Opium Conference met here us arranged on the 1st

instant, and assembled in the Hall of Knights.

enclose herewith a complete list of the delegates,

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all

of whom were present except those of Italy who only

arrived at the Hague on the 7th instant.

The chair was provisionally taken by Monsieur

van Swinderen who welcomed the Conference to the

Hague in a speech the text of which will be found in

the proces verbal of the First sitting.

He was fol-

lowed by Monsieur Cremer, the First Delegate of the

Netherlands, who speaking first in English and sub-

sequently in French, proposed that Bishop Brent, the

First United States Delegate should be elected Chairmen

of the Conference adducing in support of his motion the

ability and impartiality with which the Bishop had discharged

Right Honourable,

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.

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