Daily Quiz for August 10, 2011

Quiz |  Published: August 10, 2011 at 12:01 am 

The leader of this country called for the first Hague Conference, 1899, to discuss disarmament, limitations on warfare, and arbitration of international boundary disputes.

    * Belgium
    * Turkey
    * Prussia
    * Russia

Russia. Czar Nicholas II issued his call on Aug. 24, 1898. Only 26 nations participated, and the only lasting result was establishing the Permanent Court of International Arbitration.
 

