Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-23

PARLIAMENTARY RULE
Fundamental Principle of Great
Meeting
OVER IN LONDON TODAY
Session OF the Interparliamentary
Union.
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION
The Withdrawal of the Russian Dele
gates Made the Occasion of In
tense Dramatic Interest.

LONDON, July 23.-The fourteenth annu-
al conference OF the Interp arliamentary
| Union was opened in the royal gallery Of
| the palace of Westminster today Adher-
ents of International peace from all the
parliaments of Europe as well as several
of those OF the western hemisphere. were
present, but hardly had the conference
| opened when, amid a scene of considera-
bic excitement Prof. Maxim Kovaievsky. a
member of the lower house of the Russian
parliament, announced that he and his coll
| leagues, representing until yesterday the
youngest parliament in the world, would
the dissolution OF the body they were CT
| fcially appointed to represent. There were
| about 500 delegates present, the American
representation being headed by Repres enta-
| tive Richard Bartholdt, while William J.
Bryan occupied seat on the platform.
Lord weardale (slr Philip stanhope,.
| opened the congress. his preliminary sem
tences of welcome being specially address,
ed to the Russian delegates. whereupon the
delegates rose in body and turning to-
| ward the delegation OF the late parliament,
| cheered them TO the echo.
Lord Weardale incidentally mentioned
PRESIDENT Roosevelt as having been asso-
ciated with the work of peace
Premier rCampbell-Bannerman, in reply re-
minded his hearers that King Edward had
always been 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
"a lnusr ,,,fff
Remarkable Demonstration.
| The premier especially greeted the MEM
| bers of the Russian parliament present and
| also paid tribute to Emperor Nicholas
who had done so much toward the enhance
| ment of ideas OF peace 1t could, he thought.
be safely asserted that the Russian parlia-
ment. although dissolved was sure to again
come into existence
Then the premier in a sudden access of
enthusiasm. shouted: La douma est mortei
Vive la doumai" fThe Russian parliament
is dead Long live the Russian parliamentD
The delegates rose TO their feet and a storm
of cheering continued for couple of min
utes.
In conclusion the premier said he honed
that at the next peace conference at The
Hague a general act would be drawn up
providing for the submission of all ques-
tions of DISPUTE without restriction TO The
Hague tribunal for the universal good of hu-
manity. The premier then announced that
King Edward had authorized him to offer
the members OF the conference hospitality
in his name and assure them of the Interest
the king took in this historic meeting.
Count Appony the Hungarian min
lister of worship. followed, characterizinR
the premier's speech as 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
premiers appeal for the relief of Europe
from the burdens of their military budgets
could not be fruitless The parliament must
follow suit.
Telegram to King Edward.
On Count Apponyi's suggestion a telegram
was sent TO King Edward as follows.
The interpariiamentary conference re-
ceived the kings adhesion with profound
gratitude. May he long be spared TO nro-
mote the welfare of his people and tbs
cause of>international peace"
Then came the most dramatic moment Of
the opening of the session. Prof Kovlaya
SKY rose. but some minutes elapsed before
he could gain hearing, so prolonged vas
the cheering Finally, in a voice some
what broken with emotion, he announced
the necessity for the withdrawal OF the
members of the Russian parliament He
said: I'VE came here In behalf of the
Russian nation TO partake in the great
work of the conference. The Russian peo-
pie desire peace. The mission of the Rus
sian parliament was to snatch n great neo-
pie from regime OF violence and sub
stitute for 1t sense of reality, liberty and
justice. We hoped to take an active mart in
your work, but our mission comes to a sud
den end, as our parliament having been
dissolved, We are no longer official repre-
sentatiyes. Our sympathy remains We
return home with the determination TO con-
tinue the great struggle for freedom, liberty
and justice"
The announcement of the withdrawal of
the Russian delegates was met with a storm
of protests and shouts of MOI Nor and
attempts on every side to induce the Rus
slams to remain, but the latter insisted that
they no longer had any official status and
must leave England for Russia this even
ing and return TO the Battlefield" Tho
Russian delegates then left the hal and the
conference settled down to business But
the Incidents attending the dissolution of
the Russian parliament were for some time
discussed far more eagerly than the bust
ness of the conference
Purpose of Session
This session of the interparIiamentary
union has been called TO convene at LON
don. July %, in order to pass upon the
reports filed in June by the two commits
sions which were appointed al the Brus-
sells session last August. 1t was considered
wise to have extraordinary session OF
the union that its whole weight might
be back of the request for the conversion
of the second Hague conference into a
permanent body. when this proposition is
presented to the members of that confer
ence next May. in the form of report ap-
proved unanimously by the members of
the interparliamentary commission
This will be. of course, the most impor-
tant 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 very eminent men. It's president
Is Ernest Won Plener. ex-minister of finance
of Austria He was for many years the
leader OF the German party In the Austrian
parliament. This commission had TO grap-
pie with these problems:
/. How to draw a treaty of arbitration