The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-08-19
International ParIiamentar..
Union Will Hold Meeting at
Brussels, Belgium, Aug. IS
to Sept. z.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
START ORGANIZATION
But at the Berlin Congress
Two Years Ago There Wers
900 Delegates from Twen.
ty.one Nations.
tAmcrlcan News Service }

fAmerican News Service.)
Brussels, Aug. 19.-Another steo IN
che world peace movement will be tho
meeting Of the International Parlia-
mcntary Union. which will be held In
this city August 20 to September ..
and which will be attended by promin.
ent exponents of universal peace from
the leading nations OF the world.
Initiated in 1888 by William Randall
Cromer. afterwards knighted for his
services In the cause OF peace 1t grew
from a meeting OF a few representa-
tives of the parliaments of France and
Great Britain until two years ago,
when II met In Berlin. II brought to-
gether nine hundred men from TWEEN
two different countries. Ex-members
a. we'll as members of parliaments are
eligible to membership In the union,
the total Of which 10 more than two
thousand. Some OF the foremost
statesmen Of the times are on It's roll.
lts recommendation have weight In
foreign affairs In all the governments
Of thes world. II prepares programs
for both Hague conferences.
How Il 10 Organized.
The Union II organised into ma
tional branches called groups. which
have Q permanent bureau at Brussels
Of which Charles L Lange, of Chris
tiana n secretary. The American
,6Gfoup st. the head Of which II Hon.
Su,I0uUs0 Bartholdt OF 81. Louis num-
bers about two hundred congressman
and senators.
To Mr. Bartholdt much OF the sue.
cess Of the Parliamentary union Is
due. He has been identified with Its
most progressive measures. He was
one OF the first Americans to become
connected with II. Mr.. Bartholdt. as
sisted by the late Samuel ]. Barrows.
was instrumental In bringing the
twelfth conference Of the union to st.
Louis at the time Of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition In 1904. As re-
suit Of It's session there. the union re-
quested President Roosevelt to call the
second Hague conference. At one
time when the problem was discussed
Of making the Hague conferences into
-
Mr.. Bartholdt proposed as a tempo
rary expedient that members Nof the
lower house be taken from the union.
He has also outlined . plan for world
federation and peace. Mr.. Bartholdt.
at the last session OF congress. secured
for the work Of the union an appro-
priation OF $2.5OO. This action is In
accord with that already taken in
Great Britain and Europe.
U. .. Psaes Commission.
Mr.. Bartholdt, supported by the
peace society of New York. was also
influential in the same session Of con-
Gress in obtaining the passage Of the
bill creating the United States peace
commission. The establishment of
this commission, which Is the most ad-
vanced step taken by a government In
the peace cause. 10 intended to bring
about q Limitation of ornaments by
agreement among the nations and to
study other means by which military
expenditures may be reduced or war
avoided
The interparliamentary union will
have an opportunity to urge upon the
other nations the example Of the Un-
ited States. II no other nations cre-
ate similar commissions, and they
work together. the next Hague con-
: ference will be in q position to deal
with the question Of armaments ef.
fectively. Baron d'Estournelles de
Constant. also . member Of the inter.
parliamentary union. has always in
sisted that before there can be an in
telligent International discussion Of
this question. q preliminary study OF
Il must be made by the nations indi-
vidually. This IL substantially the at.
titude OF both Hague conferences as
expressed In their resolutions COM
mending the subject to the earnest at.
tentions OF the various governments.
To Limit Armaments.
The problem OF limiting armaments
is one OF the coming economic and
moral issues of the day. there is little
doubt. Baron d'Estournelles de Con.
slant. in his address to the London
conference said. The question of the
limitation OF armaments II at the pres
ent time unquestionably one OF the
most pressing OF all those which par.
liaments and governments are called
anon TO consider. Az long n Il re-
mains unsolved IL may be said that II
bars the way to all kinds OF reform
and arrests the progress OF c.viliza-
tion"
Among other subjects deserving the
attention Of the interparliamentary
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