Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-26
PRINCIPAL WORK OF THE INTER.
PARLIAMENTARY UNION
is DONE
ARMY EXPENDITURES
Matter of Discussion to be Taken UP
by The Hague conference-Proposi-
ton to Cut Down lntolerabIe Ex-
pense In Armaments.

London, July 25.-Ihe lnter-Parlla-
mentary Union concluded the essence
of its work today after adopting the
resolution favoring the discussion by
The Hague conference of means to
cut down the 'intolerable expenditure
on armaments."
Senor Diego Mendoza extended an
invitation to the Parliamentary Union
to hold its session in 1910 at Bogota,
the capital of Colombia. He said in
part
"The year 1910 will mark the one
hundredth anniversary of the Inde-
pendence of Colombia, achieved
through the leadership of Simon Boli-
yer. His final military victory was
won at Ayacucho, and resulted in the
liberation of all South America from
subjection to Spain. This brought the
whole of that great continent under
the modern dispensation in govern
ment, whose cardinal principle Is gov
ernment by the people today, through
the agency of representatives elected
by the people, sitting in a parliament
of congress.
| Events That Follow.
"The assembling of the first repre-
| sentative parliament of England dur
ing the thirteenth century being taken
as starting point, it is easy to see
how all other political events since
then are secondary in Importance to
the appearance of representative par.
! liaments in the various parts of the
| world.
Every foot of ground on the two
! continents of America, almost all o1
Europe, and a great part of Africa are
J now in subsection to such a sovereign
!, So are Cuba, Australia and Japan. The
) United States is instituting, such g
i system in the Philippines. The empire
of China is working on plans for g
) Chinese congress And the Russian
t people are actually in the throes ot
passing from an autocratic to par
liamentary system.
Colombia in 1910.
: t'In testimony of our devotion to The
! cause of representative government
3 and of our sympathy with the propos
! al that this form of government shall
4 be provided as soon as possible for the
t conduct Of international affairs, as {
e member of the Colombian house o
|, representatives I have the honor tt
J extend to the Inter-P Parliamentary Un
: ion a cordial invitation to hold ses
sion at Bogota, during the year 1910 al
the guest of the Colombian congress
= and in the event that no session of th'
' union is to take place during tina
: year, then during the year previous O
|. subsequent at the pleasure of the un
. !; ion
! Can Never Perish.
). Contemplating its growth and tn
s continual triumph Of the parliament
d ary idea over dynasties which hav
9 held sway for centuries, it is a caus
S of wonder that any country can wit
ness, in this our day. an effort to over
throw or to withstand this irresistibl
principle in government, which ca
never perish from earth nor be KEEP
permanently out of its proper contrc
q in any part of the world.
Assuring the union that its receptio
= in South America, in honor of the Ger
- tennial of our independence will be a
n, warm as that which was accorded t
!, it in North America during the ce1
= tennial of the Louisiana purchase,
= beg that the union will consent now t
: come to Colombia and test the hosp
= tality of Spanish America to th
9 grandest political design Of OF
~ oc'