Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-24

quently designate the same classes II
questions as arbitrable under the
terms OF the treaty. BY this provisiOa
all nations can be parties TO the same
treaty, and yet its scope would be
wider between the backward nations.
1t seems likely. therefore. that the
London conference will be able TO
agree upon a plan for ascertaining
the principles which nations ought
hereafter to observe in their conduct
toward each other, and for deciding
when a violation of accepted prlnci-
piles has taken place.
In addition to these the most i'm
portant points on the program of the
union, several other very important
questions are to be considered and the
indications are that there will be per-
feet agreement upon the most impor-
tant points but perhaps difference
of opinion on the question of limita-
ton of armaments.
The British members of the inter-
parliamentary union will make a stand
for consideration by the second Hague
conference of this question, which
held the foremost place in the rescrlpt
of the cZar in his call for the first
Hague conference, and which was sub
ordinated by that conference to the
great constructive work Of organizing
an international court of arbitration
There is a considerable party in every
national parliament which has been
laying the emphasis of the arbitra-
ton movement upon the limitation Of
ornaments. There is such a party IN
the United States congress and II Is
probable that the intellectual struggle
at London will center around this
proposition. The position which has
been taken by Richard Bartholdt, tho
president of the American group Of
the interparlamentary union, is that
the work of constructing an interna-
tional deliberative body must precede
the decrease or even the limitation Of
armaments.
In addition to this question of limi-
tatlon of armaments the reorganiza-
tion of the interparliamentary union
will be discussed. The report of the
commission of international congress
favors the reorganization of the union
in such form that this body in due
time become a sort of international
house of representatives,, whose mem
bers come from the parliaments, and
capable of cooperating with the per-
manent conference at the Hague,
whose members will be selected by the
executives of each nation.
At the present time there are about
two hundred members Of the interpar-
liamentary union. The American del
egation will probably advocate the
adoption of an aggressive campaign
for the enlargement of the union so
that within say ten years from this
time it will include in its membership
majority in numbers and in strength
of mind in every national parliament.
This is already true in a number of ma
| tions, for instance in Hungary, in Bel
glum and perhaps in France. AS yet
there are no groups of the interparlla-
mentary union in any of the South
American parliaments into this union
during the next few years, a PROPOSE
tion to hold its session in 1910, which
Is the centennial of the independence
of South America in Bogota, Colombia
will be placed on the program of the
London conference upon the initiativ:
of Senor Diego Mendoza, member
of the house of representatives of tn,
Colombian congress.