Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-24
lnterparIiamentary Union Dis
CusSeS Plan for Conversion
of Hague Conference Into
Permanent Body,
ACCEPTABLE ARBITRATION
TREATY HARD TO DRAFT
How To Satisfy United States
Without Offending European
Powers One of the Problems
for the Convention,

for the Convention.
London, July 23.-The fourteenth
conference of the Inter- parliamentary |
union opened at the Palace of West |
minister today. Adherents of nterna-
tional peace from all the parliaments
of Europe. as we'll as several of those
of the western hemisphere, were pres
ent, but hardly had the conference
opened when amidst a scene of con-
siderable excitement, a member of the
lower house of the Russian parlia-
ment announced that he and. his col
leagues, representing the youngest
parliament in the world would be
obliged to withdraw in consequence of
the dissolution of the body they were
officially appointed to represent.
The delegates applauded to the
echo. Chairman Campbell -Bannerman
| in a speech greeted them and also
| paid a tribute to Emperor Nicholas.
1t could not be thought, he said, that
the Russian parliament, although dis
| solved was not sure to come into exist
ence again. Then in a sudden excess
of enthusiasm he shouted: "The Rus
| sian parliament is dead; long live the
Russian parliament Delegates rose
| to their feet and the storm of cheer
ing lasted several minutes. In con-
clusion the premier said that at the
next peace conference at The Hague
a general act would be drawn up for
the submission of all questions in dis
lpute without restrictions to The
Hague tribunal for the universal good
of humanity.
This session of the interparliamen-
tary union was called to convene
at London, July 90, in order to pass
upon the reports filed in June by the
two commissions which were appoint
ed at the Brussels session last August.
1t was considered wise to have an ex-
traordinary session of the union so
that its whole weight might be back
of the request for the conversion of
the second Hague conference into a
permanent body when this proposition
Is presented to the members of that
conference next May, in the form of a
report 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
! important is the report of the COM
mission on model arbitration treaty
That commission, like the one on in.
ternational congress, is composed Of
; very eminent men. It's president is
Ernst Won Pleher, ex-minister of f.
! nance of Austria. He was for many
years the leader of the German party
in the Austrian parliament. This COM
! mission had to grapple with these
croblems
Cd How to draw a treaty of arbi-
tration which can be executed by all
nations, without holding the progress
i've countries back to the position OF
the least advanced powers.
CD How to draw a treaty which
can hope to be approved by the presi-
dent and senate of the United States
without forfeitng the favor Of the
great powers of Europe, that have
adopted as their standard the Anglo
French treaty of arbitration.
This latter problem arose from the
failure of the Hay treaties to meet
with the approval of the United States
in the form in which they were ne
gotiated. The Hay treaties proposed
to refer to arbitration all questions
of legal nature provided they do not
affect the vital interest or the honor
of either of the contracting powers, Or
the interests of third power sub
sequent clause was inserted which pro-
vided that when any particular contro-
Versy might arise subsequent agree
ment should be entered into between
the contracting powers, before resort
could be had to the court of arbitra-
, tion under the terms of this treaty.
The senate struck out the word
ta1
, treaty" and then passed the treaty
thus amended by practically a unani-
, nous vote, only nine senators object
! ing to the amendment. This amend
! ment necesstated securing the con-
sent of the senate in each case when
!, the subsequent agreement was being
. concluded.
Upon the initiative Of American
= congressman tho interparllamentary
commission decided upon a plan ia
: surmount the difficulty. This plan is
to specify distinctly the classes of ques
tions to be arbltrated, so that the sem
. ate can exercise It's judgment when II
I ratifes the treaty. To prevent this
!, specification from holding all nations
back to the position occupied by the
least progressive country. II was
proposed that each nation could deg-
lgnate individually the classes OF con.
. troversles I'm which 1t may be inter.
: ested which shall be transferred Sy
. the treaty from the battle field to tn.
precincts of the international court
and to permit the addition of Other
= classes Of controversies by each ma.
: tlon, after the original ratification o
: the treaty.
In this way each nation can put tn,
h treaty into operation In wider aref
: by its own act, between itself and al
( other nations which have prevlousl,
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