The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24
Treaty Form Drawn
Up by lnterparIia-
mentary Union.
0eIegateSFrOm DOuma
Withdraw From
Conference.

OUlllGl GllCG.
ONDON. July 2S.-The fourteenth
annual conference of the Inter
parliamentary Union was opened
in the royal gallery of the palace
of Westminster today. Adherents of in
ternationaI peace from all the parlia-
ments Of Europe as well as several of
those of the western hemisphere were
present Hardly had the conference
opened when. amid a scene of consid-
cradle excitement Professor Maxim Ko-
Valevsky. a member Of the lower house
OF the Russian Parliament. announced
that he and his colleagues. represent
ing uptl yesterday the youngest par
lament in the world, would be obliged
10 withdraw in consequence of the dis
solution Of the body they were officially
appointed to represent.
There were about 500 delegates pres
ent. the American representation being
headed by Cons gresham Richard Bar
IhOldt, while William J. Bryan occupied
seat on the platform. John Sharp
Williams Of Mississippi was also in at
tendance
opened the congress, his preliminary
sentences Of welcome being especially
addressed TO the Russian representa-
lives. whereupon the delegates rose in
a body and. turning toward the delega-
ueu of the late Parliament, cheered
them 10 the echo.
CHEERS FOR THE DONNA.
Lord Weardale also incidentally men,
toned President Roosevelt as having
been associated with them in the work
Of peace
Premier Campbell Zimmerman re-
minded 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 already aroused among the nations
a strong feeling in favor of peace. The
world had far too long been nothing
less than d huge military camp, he
said.
The Premier especially greeted the
members Of the Russian Parliament
and also paid a tribute TO Emperor
Nicholas, who had done so much
toward the enhancement of ideas of
peace" 1t could. he thought, be safely
asserted that the Russian Parliament
although dissolved, was sure TO again
come into existence.
Then the Premier in a sudden excess
Of enthusiasm shouted La DOuma est
morte. Nive Ia DOuma." CThe Russian
Parliament is dead. Long live the Rus
sian ParliamentD The delegates rose
10 their feet and a storm of cheering
continued for d couple of minutes.
In conclusion the Premier said he
hoped that at the next peace confer
ence at The Hague a general act would
be drawn up providing for the submits
sion Of all questions of dispute without
restrictions TO The Hague tribunal for
the universal good of humanity.
RUSSIANS LEAVE HALL.
Count Apponyi, the Hungarian Min
lister OF Worship, followed, characteriz-
ing the Premier's speech as a direct
message from King Edward, the latter
announcing on his own initiative his
complete adhesion TO the work of the
conference
The Count went on to say that the
British Premier's appeal for the relief
OF Europe from its military budgets
COLD not be fruitless. On Count APP
ponyfs suggestion a telegram was sent
10 King Edward as follows:
The interparliamentary conference
received the Kings adhesion with pro-
found gratitude. May he long be spared
20 promote the welfare of his people
and the cause of international peace"
Then came the most dramatic mo-
ment of the opening Of the session. Pro-
fessor KOvaleysky rose, but some min
utes elapsed before he could gain a
hearing. 50 prolonged was the cheering
Finally, in q voice somewhat broken
with emotion, he announced the neces-
sity for the withdrawal of the mem
bers from the Russian Parliament He
said:
We came here in behalf of the Rus
sian nation 10 partake 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 VIC
lence and substitute for ii a sense of
reality, liberty and justice. We hoped
10 take an active part in your work,
but our mission comes to a sudden end,
as. our Parliament having been dis
solved, we are no longer official rep
resentatfves. Our sympathy remains
We return home with the determination
20 continue the great struggle for free
dom, liberty and justice"
The announcement of the withdraw
OF the Russian delegates was met with
q storm of protests and shouts of MOI
No" and attempts on every side to in
dUce the Russians to remain, but the
latter insisted that they no longer had
my official status and must leave Eng
land for Russia this evening and return
10 the battlefield"
The Russian delegates then left the
hall and the conference settled down
10 business. But the incidents attend
ing the dissolution OF the Russian Par
lament were for some time discussed
far more eagerly than the business of
t'se conference.
APPLAUSE FOR BRYAN.
Lord weardale, who had in the mean
time been selected president, had some
dificulty in getting the excited dele
gates ouieted. but ultimately attention
became absorbed in the discussion OF
IAe reports Of the commission on the
American proposals for an information
81 congress and a model arbitration
greatly TO be submitted 10 the next con-
ference at The Hague.
Congressman Bartholdt expressed
particular qualification at the solution
OF this most perplexing question sug-
gestec by the committee appointed at
Brussels. The scheme to convert the