Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-29
American Group Of Interpar-
liamentary Union.
MEETING AT CAPITOL
SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED AT
ST. LOUIS.
Preparations for Receiving Foreign
Delegates to the International
Arbitration Congress.

A meeting of the American group of the
Interparliamentary Union for International
Arbitration was held today in the rooms of
the lobby of the House of Representatives.
The American group of the union is COM
posed of senators and representatives In
Congress and former senator's and repre-
sentatives. The chairman of the group is
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri, and
he presided at today's meeting, which was
quite largely attended. Earlier in the ses-
sion Of Congress a meeting of the American
group was held at the Capitol At that
time the chairman was instructed to COM
municate with the executive council OF the
union regarding subjects to be discussed at
the conference to be held in st. Louis the
coming autumn.
Representative Bartholdt reported this
morning that he had carried out the In
structions of the group. He had trans
mitted to the executive council the recon-
mendations OF the American members re-
gardiag topics for consideration at the St
Louis conference, and it was intimated that
the discussion would probably be con-
fined in great part to three propositions
as follows:
Subjects of Discussion.
First The desirability of calling together
another international conference on arbi-
tration similar to the gathering at The
Hague few years ago, to be participated
in by the official representatives of all the
powers.
Second, discussion of the best means of
providing for the gradual disarmament or
the nations of the world.
Third, to devise means for an early agree
ment exempting private property or bel
ligerants at sea.
OF course the program of the ST. Louis
conference will embrace on the whole a
more elaborate range of individual topics,
but the PRINCIPAL speeches and the main
discussion will be along the lines of the
three general subjects indicated above
To Receive Foreign Delegates.
One of the principal purposes Of the meet
ing of the American group today was to
make preliminary arrangements for the re-
eeption, entertainment and transportation
OF the foreign delegates to the St. Louis
conference, which will be held September
B to TO- next.
Chairman Barthold was authorized to APP
point reception committee of ten members
of the American group. This committee
will be charged with working out the de-
tailed arrangements for caring for the rep
resentatives of foreign groups
One Of the features of the reception pro-
posed today was to have a battle ship go
down the I1arbor to meet the delegates on
their arrival In New York. This has been
a feature OF similar receptions in other
countries, the naval vessel being typically
the representative vessel of the govern
ment Secretary Moody of the Navy De-
partment will be requested to cooperate
with the group if it be decided to have
naval feature to the welcome.
The members of the reception and ar
rangement committee to be appointed by
Chairman Bartholdt will meet the incom-
ing delegates at New York and escort
them to this city for call upon the Pres
ident, and thence accompany them to st.
Louis. This program may be altered so as
to have the delegates proceed directly
from New York to ST. Louis and stop off
in Washington on the return trip after
the conference
Congress has appropriated the sum of
$4,000 for the expenses of the confer
ence and the entertainment, housing and
transportation or the foreign visitors
Letter From Abroad.
Letters of congratulation from foreign
groups were read this morning by Repre-
sentative Broussard of Louisiana, secretary
of the American group. One of the letters
was from Mr.. E. St. Clair member of The
British house of commons, and secretary
Of the English group of the Interparlia-
mentary Union for International Arbitra-
ton A second letter was from NJ d Es-
tournelle de Constane member of the
French group. and third from Mr. Fred
erick w. D'Evelin of San Francisco, presi-
dent of the British American union, which
is not affiliated with the International
Union, but which Is working along the
same line. All these letters congratulated
the members of the American group upon
their organization and the enthusiastic
manner in which they have entered upon
their work Much good, it Is predicted,
will result from the forthcoming ST Louis
conference.