Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-24
EXCITEMENT
In MEETING
"THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT 3Is
DEAD; LONG LIVE THE RUS.
SIAN PARLIAMENT.~
SHOUT OF A PREMIER

Russian Delegates Say They are com-
PEELED to Withdraw From lnterpariia-
mentry Union on Accout of Dissolu-
tion of Their Body.
London. July 2S.-British Premier
Campbell ll-Bannerman at today's meet.
ing OF the Inter Parliamentary Union.
in sudden access of enthusiasm
shouted, La Douma est morte. vive
la Douma" ("The Russian parliament
is dead, long live the Russian parlia-
ment.'O Adherents to International
peace from all the parliaments Of E,.
rope as we'll as several of those Of the
western hemisphere were present hut
hardly had the conference opened
when amidst scene of considerahla.
excitement, Professor Kohalevsky. =
member OF the lower house of the Rus.
sian parliament, announced that he
ana MS colleagues representing until
Yesterday the youngest parliament In
the world, would be obliged to with
draw In consequence Of the dissolution
OF the body they were officially appoint
ed to represent. There were about
nVe hundred delegates present, the
american representation being headed
by Congressman Richard Bartholdt-
While William j. Bryan occupied a seat
on the platform.
lhis session OF the Interparliament.
ary Union has been called to convene
at London today in order to pass upon
the reports filed in June by the two
commissioners which were appointed
at the Brussels session last August n
was considered wise to have an extra
ordinary session of the Union so that
lts whole weight might be back of the
request for the conversion of the sec
ond Hague conference into a nerma.
nent body, when this proposition IL
presented to the members of that CON.
ference next May, in the form az a "a.
port approved unanimously by the
members of the Interparliamentary
commission
This will be, Of course, the most i'm.
/ portant point on the program of the
London conference, but hardly less i'm.
portant is the report Of the Commission
on a model arbitration treaty. That
commission. like the one on Interna.
tlonal congress, is composed of very
einlnent men. Its president is Ernst
Won Plener, ex-minister Of finance of
Austria. He was for many wears the
leader OF the German party in tha
Austrian parliament. This commission
nao 10 grapple with these problems:
Two Problems.
!. HOW to draw treaty Of arbitra-
tion which can be executed by all ma
lions, without holding the progressive
countries back to the position OF the
least advanced powers.
/, q. How to draw q treaty which can
nope 10 be approved by the President
and senate of the United States. with.
out forfeiting the favor Of the great
powers OF Europe, that have adopted
as their standard the anglo-French
; treaty Of arbitration. u
Ih1s latter problem arose from the
failure of the Hay treaties to meat
with the approval of the United statea
In the form in which thew were
negotiated The Hay treaties propos-
ed to refer to arbitration all questions
OF legal nature provided they do not
eHect the vital interest or the honor
| OF either of the contracting powers. or
the interests Of third power. A sub
sequent clause was inserted which pro-
Vlded that when any particular con-
troversy might arise a subsequent
agreement should be entered into be-
tween the contracting powers before
: resort could be had to the court Of
arbitration under the terms of this
treaty.
Senate Amends.
I. The senate struck out the word
agreement" and substituted the word
treaty" and then passed the treaty
thus amended by practically unani.
nous vote, only nine senators object
} ing to the amendment. This amend
!. ment necessitated securing the con.
: sent Of the senate in each case when
the subsequent agreement was being
concluded
Upon the initiative Of American
congressman the interparliamentary
commission decided upon plan to
surmount the difficulty. This plan Is
to specify distinctly the classes Of
questions to be arbitrated, SO that the
senate can exercise, its Judgment when
1t ratifies the treaty. To prevent this
specification from holding all nations
back to the position occupied by the
least progressive country, 1T was pro-
posed that each nation could designate
individually the classes Of controvers-
: les in which it may be interested which
shall be transferred by the treaty from
the battle field to the precincts Of the
international court and to permit the
addition of other classes Of controvers-
les by each nation, after the original
ratification of the treaty.