Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-07-26
RUSSIANS Leave
DRAMATIC OPENING OF inter.
Parliamentary Conference.
Delegates Came With Supposi.
ton that They Had a Right
There, But Found They Had
None--Speech of British Pre-.
mier--Bryan's Peace Plans.

mier--Bryan's Peace Plans.
London, July 23.-The fourteenth
conference of the Interparliamentary
Union, organized to promote the arbi.
tration Of peace, opened today in the
royal gallery of the parliament build
ing. Delegates representing the par
liaments Of twenty countries, includ-
ing Russia and Mexico and many of
the Central and South Ame'ica re.
publics which have not hitherto par
ticipated in the conferences. The
union extends specially cordial well
come to the Russians, as representing
the worlds youngest legislature.
The United States has dozen dele
gates, under the leadership Of Con-
gresham Richard Bartholdt, of Mis-.
souri,, including Theodore f. Burton,
of Ohio; John Sharp Williams, Of
Mississippi; Ebeneezer Hill. Of Con-
necticut; Ollie M. James, of Ken
lucky; David l.. Granger. of Rhode
Island; Henry Nj. Goldfogle. of New
York, and william J. Bryan. as an ex-
member of the United States house of
representatives.
The most important business of the
conference centers around two propo.
sitions of Mr.. Bartholdt. submitted
in behalf of the American delegation
to the Brussels conference in 1905.
The first proposes an international
congress, and the second model arbi.
tration treaty to be submitted to the
next conference at The Hague. The
reports of the two committees appoint
ed at Brussels, just issued. favor both
the propositions with certain modifl.
cations.
The arbitration treaty favored rep.
resents compromise between the pro-
posals Of Mr.. Bartholdt and those of
Ernest Won Plenor, formerly Austrian
minister of commerce.. and make ar
filtration or an appeal to The Hague
tribunal obligatory in a number of
specified cases. 1t excludes questions
affecting vital interests. national indie.
pendence or sovereign authority. The
American insisted upon the speciflca.
ton OF these features in order to meet
the objections of the American senate
to granting the executive unlimited
authority to arbitrate.
The Americans intend to submit
resolution calling on all parliaments to
make appropriations to support the
peace propaganda.
Lord Weardale Sir Philip Stanhope)
opened the congress. his preliminary
sentences Of welcome being specially
addressed to the Russian delegates.
whereupOn the delegates rose in a
body and. turning toward the delega-
ton OF the late parliament. cheered
them to the echo Lord Weardale also
incidentally mentioned President Roos-
evelt as having associated with them
in the work of peace.
Premier Speaks
Premier Campbell Bannerman in re-
ply reminded his hearers that King
Edward had always been great ad-
vocate Of peace. The British govern
ment, 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 for far
too long been nothing less than huge
military camp
The premier especially greeted the
members of the Russian parliament
present and also paid tribute to EN-
peror Nicholas, who had done so much
toward the enhancement of ideas of
peace. It could, he thought. be safely
asserted that the Russian parliament.
although dissolved. was sure again to
come into existence.
Then the premier. in sudden ex-
cess of enthusiasm shouted 'La douma
est morte, vive la douma," (The dou-
ma is dead, long live the douma.) The
delegates rose to their feet and storm
of cheering continued for couple of
minutes.
The Russians Withdraw
Later came the most dramatic mo-
ment Of the opening of the session.
Prof. Kovalevsky rose, but some mo-
ments elapsed before he could gain a
hearing. so long was the cheering
Finally. in Il voice somewhat broken
by emotion. he announced the neces-
sity of the withdrawal of the men,
bers Of the Russian parliament. He
said:
1--WE came here in behalf Of the
Russian nation to 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 vio-
lence and substitute for it sense of
equality. liberty and Justice. We
hoped to take an active part in your
work. but our work comes to sudden
end. as our parliament having been
dissolved. we are no longer official
representatives. Our sympathy re-
mains. We return home with the
determination to continue the great
struggle for freedom, liberty and JUS
tice.
The announcement of the with
drawal of the Russian delegates was
met with storm of protests and
shouts of mo, no, and attempts on
every side to induce the Russians to
remain, but the latter insisted that
they no longer had any official status