Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-07-23
RUSSIANS CREATE
BIG SENSATION
InInter-Pa arliament-
ary Union Session
Today.
DELEGATES CHEER WILDLY
When Premier Campbell
Brannerman Shouted Long
Live Parliament.

London, July 23. - The fourteenth
conference OF the lnter-parliamentary
Union opened at the Palace Of West
minister today The adherents OF in
ternational peace from all the parlia-
ments of Europe as well as several
Of those of the Western Hemisphere
we're present but hardly had the con-
ference opened when, amidst scene
of considerable excitement, a member
of the lower house of the Russian
Parliament announced that he and his
colleagues, representing until yester-
day the youngest parliament in the
world, would be obliged to withdraw
in consequence of the dissolution OF
the body they were officially appoint
ed to represent.
Delegates cheered Russian ParlIa-
ment.
The delegates cheered the Russians
to an echo. Premier Campbell-Ban-
herman in speech greeted them and
also paid tribute to Emperor Nicholas.
1T could be thought" he said, that
the Russian Parliament although dis
solved, was sure to come into exist
ence again" Then in a sudden excess
of enthusiasm he shouted:
Long Live Russian Parliament.
"The Russian Parliament is dead;
long live the Russian Parliament.
The delegates rose to their feet and
the storm Of cheering lasted several
minutes. In conclusion, 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 or disputes without restrict
ions to the Hague tribunal for the
universal good of humanity.
This session Of the lnterparliamen-
tary Union has been called to con-
yene at London, July 29d, In order TO
mass upon the reports filed in June
by the two commissioners who were
appointed at the Brussels session, last
August, 1t was considered wise 20
have an extraordinary session OF che
union SO that its whole weight might
be back of the request for the CONVEX
sion of the second Hague conference
into a permanent body, when TINS
imposition is represented to the mem
bers of that conference next May, IN
the form of a report approved unam
mously by the members OF the lnter'
parliamentary Commission.
For Model Arbitration Treaty.
This will be, Of course, the most
important point on the program OF
the London conference, but hardly
less important is the report OF the
commission on a model arbitration
treaty. That commission, like the one
on international congress, is COM
posed of every eminent man. Its presi
dent is Ernst Won Plener, ex4minister
of finance of Australia. He was for
many years the leader OF the German
party in the Austrian Parliament
This commission had to grapple with
these problems:
/. How to draw a treaty OF arbl-
tration which can be executed by all
nations, without holding the progress
sive countries back to the position OF
the least advanced powers.
2. How to draw a treaty which can
hope to 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.
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 we're nego
tiated. The Hay treaties proposed to
refer to arbitration all questions of a
legal mature provided they do not
affect the vital interest or the honor
of either of the contracting powers, or
the interests of a third power. A sub
seQuent clause was inserted which
provided 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.
The Senate struck out the word
agreement" and substituted the word
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 necessitated securing the consent
Of the Senate In each case when the
subsequent agreement was being con.
cluded.
40 Usual Americans Were in Lead.
Upon the lnltiatlve 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 desig-
nate individually the classes Of con.
troversies in which II may be inter
ested which shall be transferred by
the treaty from the battle field to the