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nations agree to refer controversies to
arbitration by special or general treaties
of arbitration.
IL. The armed forces Of all the nations
represented to be at the service Of the
congress for enforcement Of any decree
rendered by The Hague court. according
to treaties Of arbitration.
Questions to Come Up.
The following resolution Of the In
terparliamentary union relative to the
program Of the second Hague confer
ence was presented
1t is desirable that The Hague con-
ference, in whose conyocation the presi-
dent of the United States Of America
took the initiative, should discuss the
following questions:
The points adjourned to a future date
by The Hague conference of 1899, viz:
The rights and dutiesr5of neutrals.
The Limitation Of armed military and
naval forces and of military budgets.
The use of new types and calibers OF
rifles and naval artillery. Is
The inviolability of private property
during naval warfare.
The bombardment of ports, towns and
villages by naval forces. ~.
! The renewal of expired Hague con-
ventions. y~
The organization OF oners OF meola-
| ton. ..@.t e.. q.
| The periodical meeting Of general con-
| ferences of the nations. ~.
The carrying out Of the resolutions ana
decisions of these conferences and the
preparation Of future conferences.
The elaboration Of a model general ar
| bttration treaty.
Mature Consideration Needed. 4
Count Albert Apponyi, representing
! Austria Hungary, spoke IN support OF
the principle Of the American plan, Du1
pointed out that the magnitude Of the
scheme required mature consideration;
count It's sai H has any chance Of accept
ance by. European nations if it inter
feres with the principle Of their sover
eighty and independence. Therefore
it is necessary to examine membership
of. powers and the scope Of action Of the
proposed international parliament anc
reconcile it with the. Independence OF
the parliaments Of the various powers
The American idea of an information
al parliament. precisely to define inter
ment characteristic Of American initia
tive, but American boldness must b.
combined with European caution. Eu
rope halls American participation IL
the world % work as it gives us acces
cession to the marvellous materia
strength and energy of the United
States, but we ask the Americans tt
consider the present state of Europe
and the possibility Of entanglements
and to defer the project until a com
mittee Of international specialists cal
maturely study it. ~ -t.s ..~:
| -! Deferred for Three Months. .. d
Count Apponyi closed his remarks b,
moving the reference Of the PROPOSE
ton to a committee with instruction
to report in three months. Messrs
Moon of Pennsylvania and Walden an
Goldfogle Of New York. strongly sup
Philip Stanhope, MP, in behalf O
the members Of the British house O
commons, approves the reference Of tn
proposition to committee, sayinj
that Europe was not sufficiently ad
vanced to accept the American pla'
without careful consideration. =.
The French deputies also seconde
the motion to refer the proposition t
a committee. -.-..- 1.L-s.sri-, -. 800.
I Congressman Richard = Bartholdt o
Missouri received an ovation when b
accepted the reference of. the propos
ton of a committee, saying that tn
Americans hoped for the Fullest invest
: cation into the, merits Of the America
! proposition. Thereupon the propos
ton was referred to a committee 9
specialists from the parliaments Of th
/ no rious rationa ~