The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
WEATHER TODAY. Washington, Sept. 24.-For Alabama Fair Sunday and 1rondayD light to fresh south winds on the cost.

certain supervising, directing and ex- ecutive powers. This will prove to be the first stage of an international or- ganization similar to that which now exists in the United States and my country. Switzerland.
 The interparliamentary conference at St. Louis has deemed you, MT. Pres- ident, especially fitted to assume the initiative of a second general assembly of the States"
 Mir Gobat then expressed the hope that the president would comply with the wishes of the interparliamentary union, and that success would crowO his initiative.
 In response to Dr. Gobats speech, President Roosevelt said:
 "Gentlemen of thu Interparliament- ary Union-I greet you with profound pleasure as representatives In a special sense of the great International move- ment for peace and good will among the nations of the earth. It is a mat ter of qualification to all Americans that we have had the honor of receiving you here as the nations guests. You are men skilled in the practical work of government in your several coun- tries, and this fact adds weight to your championship of the cause of interna- tional justice. I thank you for your kind allusions to what the Government of the United States has accomplished for the policies you have at heart, and I assure you that this governments att titude will continue unchanged in ref erence thereto. We are even now talk ing steps to secure arbitration treaties with all other government which are willing to enter into them with us
 Tn response to your resolutions, l shall at an early date ask the other na- tions to join in' a second congress at The Hague. feel, as am sure you do. that our efforts should take the shape of pushing forward towards comple- tion the work already begun at The Hague, and that whatever Is now done should appear not as something diverg- ent therefrom, but as continuance | thereof.
 At the first conference at The Hague several questions were left unsettled. | and 1t was expressly provided that there should be a second conference. A reasonable time has elapsed, and feel | that your body has shown sound judg- ment in concluding that second con- ference should now be called to carry l farther towards completion the work | of the first. It would be visionary to expect too immediate success sor the cause you are champion7 ing, but very substantial prog1 ress can be made if we strive with resolution and good sense toward the goal of securing among the nations of the earth, as among the in- dividua1s of each nation, a just sense of responsibility in each towards oth- CTS and a just recognition in each oi the rights of others.
 The right and responsibility must go hand in hand. Our effort must be unceasing both to secure in each na- ton full acknowledgment of the rights of others and to bring about in each nation an ever growing sense of it's own responsibilities.
 At an early date I shall issue the call for the conference you request. again greet you and bid you welcome in the name of the American people and wish you God speed In your ef. forts for the common good of man. kind"