The Washington times., 1904-05-02
ARBITRATION WILL
Be THEIR THEME
Caring for Delegates to st.
Louis Conference.
$4,000 FOR THE EXPENSES
Foreign ParIiamentarians Will Be We'll
coined to New York by Vessels
of the Navy.

Representative Bartholdt of Missouri.
chairman of the American Group Of the
InterparIiamentary Union for Interna-
tional Arbitration, had a conference to-
day with Secretary Shaw in regard TO
the manner in which the $4,000 appro-
priated by Congress for the entertain
ment of the foreign delegates to the st.
Louis conference shall be expended. 1t
was decided that the Secretary shall
designate a disbursing officer OF the
Treasury Department to have charge
of paying out the money upon the or
der Of the executive committee of the
group.
1t is anticipated that there will be at
least 800 foreign delegates to the confer
ence. which will discuss international
arbitration and allied subjects. Repre-
sentative Bartholdt has received assur-
ances that there win be at least this
number of delegates in attendance, and
so advised Secretary Shaw.
A number of the delegates have ex-
| pressed their intention OF coming incog-
nito several weeks before the confer
ence is held. on September to 10. but
a large number Of them. perhaps one
half, will come in a body. OF these
| there will be fifty members Of the Brit
/ ISM parliament, ana the REMAINDER Will
| probably be made up of representatives
| OF France, Germany. Austria, and
| Sweden. Those who come in advance
of the British delegates will be supplied
| with transportation by rail to st. Louis
In Special Cars.
Representative Bartholdt informed Sec
rotary Shaw today that the executive
| committee of the American group would
make arrangements with the railroads
TO have a special train, or at least spe-
cial cars, to transport the delegates who
come in body from New York to St
Louis and it is probable they viii not
have their audience with the President
until after the conference, and while Ell
route home.
1t is also planned to have Secretary
| Moody send one or two battleships &c
| New York Harbor TO meet the incoming
| peace conferees and escort them up the
| bay. When the conference met in Stock
! holm four years ago the King Of Swe-
den sent two men-of-war TO meet the
steamer which brought the delegates
| and they were welcomed to the Swedish
| capital with a great demonstration. Both
shores of the bay for fifteen miles were
gayly decorated with flags and banners
| and thousands lined the banks and gave
| rousing cheers for the delegates.
Both Secretary Shaw and Representa-
tive Bartholdt believe that the $4,000
fund provided by Congress will be suffl-
cient not only to pay the railroad ex-
penses of the foreign delegates but also
| house and lodge them in St. Louis. and
| leave enough TO enable the American
| representatives to give the foreigners
| a trip as far West as Denver and Pike s
Peak in order that they may be able
to see something OF the country wes1
| OF the Mississippi.
| Upward of one hundred members and
ex-members Of Congress-tile only per
Sens eligible 10 membership In the Amer
| lean grOup-have already affiliated with
II. and invitations will be extended &c
all other members Of the present Con
| gress TO join before the conference
meets.
The conference will afford the first
Instance of a meeting on American sol
| of parliamentarians of the world for the
purpose of discussing international ar
bitration, and Il is planned to make the
event a noteworthy one in the way OF
maintaining peace among all countries