The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
English Premier Cries Long
Live the Douna.p
BRYAN WARMLY RECEIVED
His Amendment to Plan for Model Ar
btration Treaty Is Supported BY
the German Delegates
In London.

/ Oh ltlitfnhlloldi peace from Ill TIE DdTud-
ments of Europe as well as several of
those of the western hemisphere were
present. but hardly had the conference
opened when amidst scene of considera-
Bile excitement, Prof. Maxim Kovalevsky.
a member from the lower house of the
Russian parliament. announced that he
and his colleagues, representing until yes
terday the youngest parliament in the
world, would be obliged to withdraw in
consequence Of the dissolution of the body
they were officially appointed TO repre-
sent
There were about 500 delegates present.
the American delegation being headed by
Congressman Richard Bartholdt while
William J. Bryan occupied a seat on the
platform.
Weardaie opens Congress.
Lord Weardale (Sir Philip Stanhope)
opened the congress- his preliminary sem
fences of welcome being specially adj
dressed to the Russian delegates. where
upon the delegates rose ina body and
turning toward the delegation of the late
parliament, cheered them to the echo
Lord Weardale incidently mentioned
President Roosevelt as having also been
associated in the work of peace
Premier Campbell Bannerman, in reply,
reminded his hearers that King Edward
had always been a great advocate of
peace The British government, he said,
was In entire sympathy with the object
| of the conference, whose work had al
ready aroused among the nations a
| strong feeling in favor of peace. The
! boH for - fAA lpnpy hppn nothing less
/ than a huge military camp. The premier
| especially greeted the members of the
| Russian parliament present and also paid
a tribute to Emperor Nicholas who had
done so much towards the enhancement OF
ideas of peace. 1t could, he thought, be
| safely asserted that the Russian parlia-
ment, although dissolved, was sure to
i again come into existence
1 Then the premier in a sudden excess oil
| enthusiasm shouted La Donna est morte,
! vive la Douma dhe parliament is dead;
long live the Russian parliamenD.
The delegates rose to their feet and a
storm of cheering continued for couple
of minutes.
! In conclusion, the premier said that he
hoped that at the next peace conference
at The Hague a general act would be
drawn up providing for the submission OF
questions of dispute without restrictions
Of The Hague tribunal for the universal
! good of humanity.
| Count Apponyi, the Hungarian minister
/ of worship, followed, characterizing the
/ premiers speech Us direct message
from King Edward, the latter announcing
on. his own initiative his complete ad-
hesion to the work of the conference.
The count went on to say that the Brit
ish premier's appeal for the relief of Eu-
rope from the burdens of their military
budgets could not be frutless. The parlia-
| ments must follow suit
On Count Appoints suggestion cable
gram was sent to King Edward as fol-
lows: THE. Inter- Parliamentary confer
enee received the Kings adhesion with
profound gratitude. May he long De
Hspared to promote the welfare of his peo-
pie and the cause of International peace"
Dramatic Moment Ensues.
Then came the most dramatic moment
of the openeing of the session. Professor
Kovalevsky rose. but some minutes
elapsed before he could gain hearing.
! SO prolonged was the cheering.
Finally in a voice somewhat broken
| with emotion, he announced the necessity
for the withdrawal of the members of
! the Russian parliament. He said:
! 1--WE came here in behalf of the Russian
nation to spartake in the great work of
| the conference.
THE Russian people desire peace. The
mission of the Russian parliament was
to snatch a great people from regime
of violence and substitute for it a sense
of reality, liberty and justice. We hoped
to take an active part in your work, but
our mission comes to a sudden end, as
our parliament, having dissolved, we are
no longer official representatives. Our
sympathy remains. We return home with
the determination to continue the great
struggle for freedom, liberty and JUS
tice"
The announcement Of the withdrawal
of the Russian delegates was met with
storm of protests of mo no. and at
tempts on every side to induce the Rus
slams to remain but the latter insisted
that they no longer had an official status
and must leave England for Russia this
evening and return to the battlefield
The Russian delegates then left the hall
and the delegates settled down to bus
mess But the interests attending the
dissolution of the Russian parliament
were for some time discussed far more
eagerly than the business of the con-
ference.
Lord Weardale, who had in the mean
time been elected president, had some diff
fculty in getting the excited delegates
quieted but ultimately attention became
absorbed in the discussion of the reports
posals for an international congress and
model arbitration treaty to be sub
mitted to the next conference of The
Hague.
BartnoIdt Is Gratified.
Mr.. Bartholdt expressed particular graf
ificatjon at the solution suggested by
the committee appointed at Brussels of
this mornings perplexing problem. The
scheme to convert the next Hage con-
ference into a permanent body which
would meet at stated periods and to
create a council for the codifcation and
DEVELOPMENT of international law he con-
sidered so thoroughly practicable and
timely that no well disposed government
could object to It, In conclusion Mr..
Rartholdt said: what we want Is world
organization and a system of laws in
order to place arbitrary power in inter-
relations"
The former foreign minister of COM
MERGE Won Plener. presented the report
of the Brussels commission giving the
nronosed model treaty of arbitration.
He said that while it was impossible TO
recommend the American proposal in its
entirety some of the features were good
notably the means by which 1t proposes
to decrease the cost of arbitration, Herr
Won Piener moved the adoption OF the
model treaty as approved by the COM
mission. together with recommends
ton on the powers that when arbitration
Is IMPOSSIBLE to have recourse singly or
Jointly to the mediation OF third power