Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-24

tary Union by the Congress of the United
| States, by seEdfng us an invitation in the
| name OF your~goYeTnment and In your
own. We express the most sincere wishes
| for the SUCCESS OF your political acts, for
your happiness and that of your family,
for the. happiness and prosperity Of the
| United States, whose infinite horizon is
views and the .spiEtt .efs independence of the
| descendants Of Washington and Franklin
The President responded briefly. and the
delegates seemed we'll pleased with the re-
suit of their tEip'to fhe4White House.
Comment On Resolution. -.
| What they say OF The resolution presented
| to the President today: $3.50 80
William Randall CremeF,st the originator of
| the fnterparliamentary Union:
IL the, President issues the call and they
ohe nations) fall to respond fayorably he
viii go down in history as the ruler who
first called for a working union of all ma
lions for such union is bound to come
@The Presidents issue of this call to the
: purposes named, will become a dating point
| for subsequent centuries If the nations re-
| spond favorably, and the conference does
what the resolution contemplated"
! Richard Branholdt, president of the In
| terpariiamentary Union for 1904. and who
drafted the resolution: al. 3
! Controversies between nations ought to
be settled by courts, according TO recogntz-
/ ed principles OF law, as disputes between
| individuals and between our American
| states are. We have court Of the nations,
on which all nations but those or Central
| ana south America are represented. The
resolution is for bringing the nations of
Central and South Xmerica into the treaty
/ or The Hague, and ferSso drawing treaties
| OF arbitration as To make that court part
| OF the worlds established judicial machin-
cry. and for the periodical converting of a
conference or congress of nations to discern
the principles which ought to be recognized
! as law by the nations
Sir Philip Stanhope, president of the Brit
| ish group:
Members Of national parliaments find
themselves continually called upon to pass
on auestions WhEh concern the people of
other nations. while these same questions
are being determined III other national par
| uaments. This fs a. violation of the par
namentary idea In government. When ad-
verse action is taken, In national parlia-
ments the people are sent out to settle the
diHerefce by force instead Of its being
properly settled by a vote of representatives
or all parties concerned assembled together.
The members OF all national parliaments
must stand for what this resolution calls
Tor .s or they must deny the. principle on
which their nation Is founded How can
they stand for parliament for state az
fairs, a parliament for Interstate or ma
tional affairs and for something else for
International affairs. and particularly when
and war periodically" q,
Voice of italian Group and Others.
Marquis Sangiuliano president of the
Italian group and ex-cabinet minister:
TT is perfectly practicable to realize at
this moment the assembling Of the nations
in conference to discuss certain questions
raised at The Hague conference, and for
consideration of which that conference ex-
pressed the wish that future conference
be convened, and for the negotiation of
treaties of arbitration, each nation with all
others And If the permanent parliament
for all nations is not constituted as soon
as desirable 1t is nevertheless great step
that this idea was put forward at the con-
ference at St Louis1 and unanimously ac-
cepted by the representatives of almost the
whole civilized world The United States
Is the nation to lead in making this resolu-
ton effectual.''
DR.. Tydeman the president of the Dutch
group:
There Is no old world and new world,
but one world in which the United States
is to be, is now. controlling power. The
work of effectuating this resolution will be
a grateful work to President Roosevelt and
the American people"
John Lund, president of the Norwegian
group:
THE call for this conference has come at
the proper time. from the proper place, in
the prOyer way. The United States is the
world in miniature-a grand miniature, in
deed. Here all races and natonalites are
found. If allowed to live its own independ-
ent life, according to its means and circum-
stances, Norway will gladly become one |
member of a worldwide political body COM
posed of many members fifty Joined to-
gether." Ia
Delegates at Mt. Vernon.
Last night the delegates from the various |
countries represented in the union paid |
their respects to the ambassadors and min
listers of their respective countries who are |
located in Washington These calls were |
entirely informal
Today the party will have an audience |
with president Roosevelt, when they will |
invite him to lead in the completion Of the |
great work the union has undertaken To- |
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock the party |
leaves Washington for New York from |
which place most of them will go to Eu-
rope.
At Mount Vernon: the trip to which was
MADE by boat. the visitors were conducted |
through the grounds, and while standing
Dareheaded around the entrance to the
toni tomb OF washington a. very touching Incl
dent of the British parliamentary group,
entered the tomb and placed on the sar-
G0pnagus containing the, remains Of Gen.
washington superb Ivy wreath. deco
rated with cut flowers. : A card attached to
the wreath bore the following words:
RACED by the British, group of the In
1IerparIiamentar Union upon the tomb of
''"SAAAhSton, d SUI VI tnelf own
race, In respectful, admiration of his noble
NE ana iiiustrious services to his country
A representative of the Belgian group
1olowed this graceful act by depositing a |
shear OF wheat. wrought in metal, on the
tomb. |
National Arbitration Association.
The National Arbitration Association held
a called meeting at 619 F street northwest
last evening for the purpose Of electing
delegates to the thirteenth universal peace
congress. to be held in Boston from octo-
Der to Z. and later to hold a meeting in
Philadelphia, Mrs. Lockwood presiding.
Inc following delegates were elected to |
represent Washington: Ex-Gov. John w. |
Hoyt, William A. Croffut. Prof. Robert
stem ana Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood.
resolutions were, adopted welcoming the
1nterpariiamentary Union to Washington
ana sending greetings to delegates to the
peace congress from across the ocean.
Members Of the Party.
Following is the roster Of the party:
An erica-Richard Bartholdt, chairman of
the committee of Congress on the interpar-
Hamentary union; Mrs. Barrholdt, r.. F.
Br0uSSard, r.. R. Hfff n f. Burton Hugh