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ment. This amendment necessitnted Sc
curing the consent OF the Senate II eac l
case when the subsequent agreement Was

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,ment. This amendment nee ssitnted Sc
curing the consent OF the Senate In each
case when the subsequent agreement was
being concluded. 5gs 55i u e5
upoon the Initiative Of American Con-
gressmen the parliamentary Con,-
mission decided upon a planSto burlnoun:
the dlffculty.8 This plan Is to specify
distinctly tire classes Of questions to -oe
arbitrnted, so that the Senate can ex-
ercise Its Judgment when It ratifles che
treaty. TO prevent this specification from
holding nil nations back to the position
4 occupied BY the least progressive cout'-
try It was proposed that each nation
could designate individually the classes
Of controversies In which It may DO In
5terested, which shall be transferred ny
the treaty from the battlefield to tia
precincts OF the International Court and
to permit tho addition Of other classas
Of controversies 81 each nation, after the
original, atlficatlon Of the treaty
IA In this way ench nation can put the,
treaty into operation In a wider area, BY
its own act, between itself and nll other
nations which have previously designated
or which might subsequently, designate
the same classes OF questions a. nrbitrnbic
the terms of the treaty. By this
provision all nations can be parties TO
the same treaty, and yet Its scope would
be wider between the backward nations,
NJ. It seems likely. $therefore, that the
London Conference will be able to agree
upon a plan for nscertninlng tho PRINCIPLES
which nations ought hereafter observe
In their conduct toward each other and
for deciding when q violntion Of accepted
principles has taken place. IN,
IN sR Other Matters, n 4. I'll
In addition to these the most important
points On the program me Of a tho union,
several other very Important questions
are to he considered, and the indica tons
are that there will be II perfect agree
mont upon the most Important points,
but perhaps difference OF opinion on
the question OF Limitation Of ornaments
Tho British members of the $lntNrparlIn
lmentary Union will make, q stand Tor
by the second Hague Con-
ference Of this question,fWhich held the
foremost place I'M the rescript of the
Car in his call for tho first Hague Con-
ference, and which was, ordinated by
that conf ference to. the gEea f constructive
work OF originating an international Court
Of ArbitrntionadaT There Is, IA considerable
party inFevefSrhatlonal parliament which
has been laying the cmpha sis f.the larb-
.tration movement upon tho limitation OF
ornaments. There Is such a party in
the United States Congress, and ~ Is
probable that the intellectual struggle
at London will center around this PROVOST
ton The position which has been taken
by Richard Rartholdt, the President OF
the American group Of the Interpurlla-l
btructlng an international deihecntyc
hody must precedeSthe decrease, orseven
tho limitation of ornaments. n itsHr
In addition to this question OF :limttI-
ton OF nrilnnents the reorganization OF
the Interpnrliamentary UnionsSwill be
discussed, The report OF the Commission
on international Congress fnvors the re-
organization of the union In such form,
that this body IN due time become n sort
Of international House or Represent atlvcs.
whose members come from tho Parlta-t
ments, and capable OF co-operat ting With
the permanent conference at the Hague.
whose members will be selected by the
Executives OF each nation, 4, f.
At the present time thecc are about
two hundred members az the Intnrnarl,a-
#mntnry Union. The American dclcgntion
will probably advocate the ,,f ~
an aggressive campaign for the enlarge
mnnt OF tho union So that within. san
ten years from this time it will include
in Its membership n majority In fnumbe:s
and in strength Of mind in every national
Parliament, This Is already true IN q
number of nations, for instance IN Huns
gary, In Belgium, and perhaps IN france
AS vet there are no groups OF tho inter-
parliamentary Union in any OF the south
American Parlinments into this union
during the next few years, niproposltloi
z "a hold Its session in 1910, which Is tho
centennial Of the independence Of South
America in Bogota, Colombia, VIII 8,hf
nlnced on the programme Of the London
conference upon the Initiative Of senn,
Diego Mendoza, n member OF tho llou.S
OF Representative of the Colombian Con
gress.
Consul James C. Caldwell, Of San Jose,
REPORTS that the Government OF Costa
RIGA has issued q decree dated June 7th,
providing that the duty on LIQUID car
bonic acid gas from and after July lat
will be reduced from Is cents, Costa
RIGA currency (sO0G9). to S cents (SO,u2')