Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30

gian senate He is one of those bold in
telligences which walk about the world with
open eyes, maintaining the same mental at
titude to a king as to any other man. for
ne can always give and always calls for 81
reason for any position assumed He looks
at institutions in order to see where they
may be improved, he considers conditions
In order to change them. He is not to be
changed by them. He is always going for
ward and upward. In an address at St
Louis, before the congress of arts and
sciences in 1904, he declared that an inter-
national legislature must come to deyelon
the law of nations, an international
judiciary to apply it to controversies, and
an international executive to see to its
execution. 1t was inevitable, therefore that
he should be an ardent advocate of the
American plan. And he was its most radical
champion. He desires to go even farther
than Mr.. Bartholdt suggested
MT Philip Stanhope, president of the
British delegation, was appointed president
of the commission. He enjoys being used
as battering ram to break through re-
dictionary thought. He has attended every
session of the interpariamentary union
since Its organization at Paris in 1889 and
can be counted on to take a stand for every
progressive idea. 1t was he who made the
motion In the British house of commons
which summoned Cecil Rhodes to the bar
OF the house to explain Chamberlains con-
nection with the Jameson rail And when
his party was running away with the ma ton
on the South African question he fearlessy
NLiSH AilLSSil III the way.
When the storm subsidized Philip Stanhone
was no longer member of parliament But
as soon as the nation became clothed and
IN It's right mind again he was found in his
accustomed seat. When the commission
met at Paris he drew up the prelininarv
report, and in doing so set the examnIa
or prsferring others in honor" He was
hfst TO suggest the idea of turning the sec
ono hague conference into an international
congress- with power to assemble perjod-
lcatly and automatically, as the first stem
In realizing the ideal proposed by Mr.. Bar
tholdt. In drawing the report he mentions
Iiat this ldea was put forward in Marquis
fahdoih tltaly) suggestions the MARQUIS
himself being prevented from attending in
person by imperative national duties. All
me members OF the commission concerned
themselves to see that the Suggestions of
others We're duly credited
Nheh the members of the commission
We're appointed It was decided IN leave NC
naming OF the member for France to the
president or the French delega ton tba
venerable Senator La Bsche Consi5a,;nn
shat this must become "a notable mart Of
history, some ambition to take mart in tha
work of the commission would he nafuraI
mere was one man in the French narlia
ment, Baron d Estournelles de Constant To
whom men naturally turned as Frances
representative. He was not at the Brussels
session, he was not even an active rna,,han
of the group of which Senator Ia Riscba
was zorganiZer and president Indeed he
had organized an arbitrat ton xroup of son,a
2oo members, and was working independ-
emily OF the regular grou1, of the Inter
parliamentary union.
And IL was Senator La Bische who re-
quested that Baron d Estournelles be nIaced
on the commission for France. At every
turn every person engaged in this work
has subordinated SELF and considered only
the finishing of the work wisely and well
Baron REstournelles expressed to me the
great joy he had found in working with
men so devoted to the cause and so careless
of the consequences to themselves
And the report of the commission. signed
at Paris November 10, opens the way for