The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-25
ROOSEVELT WILL
 CALL CONFERENCE
Continued from First Pase.)

portant one of all, especially for Flu rope, that concerning the limitation of armaments. Five years have since elapsed and no one has thought of calling a second conference of the states, the new conference that The Hague conven- tion of July 19 1899, had itself provided for.
 We look upon this institution as the starting point of the most important eyo- lution ever entered Into by mankind. It will at least embody the brotherhood of the peoples; that community of intellec- tua1 and material interests of nations that always has existed, but never until this uay has so imperatively demanded that 1t be recognized, furthered and pro- tected. The general conference of states will regulate for the latter that which has been regulated for private persons for fifty centuries; they will make inter- national arbitration compulsory; they will see to 1t that treaties are faithfully ob- serbed; they will avert dispute that will relieve the people of overwhelming bur- dens imposed by criminal whims.
 But in order to accomplish its duty this institution must also be made the foundation of a political organization of the world; to that end the contemplated conferences must be periodical, and if may here express personal idea, they must, during the time intervening be- tween these general assemblies, have an organ vested with certain supervising, directing and executive powers. This will prove to be the first stage of an in- ternationl organization similar to that which now exists In the United States and my country. Switzerland.
 The parliamentary conference at St. Louis has deemed you. MT. Presi- dent, especially fitted to assume the in- itiative of a second assembly of the body"
 MT. Gobal then expressed the hope that the President would comply with the wishes of the parliamentary union, and that success would crown his initia- tive.
 President Roosevelt Replies.
 In response to Gobars speech, President Roosevelt said:
 "Gentlemen of the Interparliamentary Union: I greet you with profound pleas ure as representatives in a special sense of the great international movement for peace and good will among the nations of the earth. It is matter Of qualification tc all Americans that we have had the honor of receiving you here as the na- tion's guests. You are men skilled in the practical work of government in your several countries; and this fact adds weight to your championship of the cause of international justice. I thank you for kind allusions to what the govern ment of the United States has accom- plished for the policies you have at heart, and l assure you that tLIs governments 8 attitude will continue unchanged in ref erence thereto. We are even now taking steps to secure arbitration treaties with all other governments which are willing to enter into them with us.
 Tn response to your resolutions, shall at an early date ask the other nations to join in a second congress at The Hague. feel sure that your efforts should take the effort of pushing forward towards completion the work already begun at The Hague. and that whatever is now done, should appear not as something divergent therefrom, but as a continu- ance thereof. At the first conference at The Hague several questions were left unsettled, and it was expressly provided that there should be a second confer ence A reasonable time has elapsed and l feel that your body has shown sound Judgment in concluding that a second conference should now be called to carry farther towsrds completion the work of The Hague.
 Would Be Visionary.
 Tt would be visionary to expect too immediate success for the great cause you are championing, but very substan- tial progress 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 individuals of each nation, a just sense of responsibility in each towards others, and just recog- milton in each of the rights of others. The right and responsibility must go hand-in- hand Our effort makes the work unceas- ing, both to secure in each nation full ac- knowledgement of the rights of others, and to bring about in each nation an evergrowing sense of its own respon- abilities.
 "At an early date I shall issue the call for the conference you request. I again greet you, and bid you welcome in the name of the American people. and wish