Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06
PLAN ADVANCE TOWARD
PEACE OF THE WORLD
Resolutions Agreed On by
American Delegates to In
terpar|iamentary Union.

The American delegates who attend
the Interparliamentary Union in Brus-
sells. August % to September =, nave
agreed upon the propositions they Will
submit to that body looking to inter-
national peace. Representative Rich
ard Bartholdt, chairman of the Amerl-
can group of delegates, is in Washing
ton making, ready to sail for Brussels
next Tuesday He submitted the Ameri-
can propositions to the State Depart
ment today, that there may he no clash
with the attitude of that department
Resolutions Agreed On.
The resolutions Mr.. Bartholdt will
present to the 1nterparilamentary
Union on behalf of the American dele
gates follow:
Resolved. That this conference request
the governments. signatories to the sec
ond Hague conference and the London
naval conference, to sanction. as soon as
possible, the proposition submitted by the
government of the United States of
America and communicated to the sig
natory powers in a circular note of Sec
rotary ol State Knox in December last, to
the effect that the international prize
court agreed upon Oy tHE dDo>e
conference he invested with the jurisdic-
ton of an International court Of arbitral
justice; and be it further
Resolved, That in order to devise def
mite plans for submission to the third
Hague conference, looking to the further
perfection of a system of world federation
by, providing, in addition to an intefna-
tional judiciary, an International legisla-
ture as well as international executive
powers for the enforcement of judicial
ir n6r f,1rt SfS
each of the governments and parliaments
here represented to forthwith PROCEED
with the appointment and creation OF
national commission analogous to the
commission recently authorized to be, ap-
pointed by the Congress of the United
States, such commissions to report to
their respective parliaments withiH two
years. to the end that, by the time the
third International conference will con-
vene at The Hague. namely in 1913, each
government may be ready with a well
defined plan of it's own for the accom-
pishment of the purposes above set forth,
and. be 1t further
Resolved, That the delegates of the
sixteenth interparliamentary conference
now assembled are requested to bring
these resolutions officially to the atten-
ton of their respective governments and
parliaments, and to exert their personal
influence toward securing early and ia
vorable action upon them.'
The American Delegates.
The American group will consist of Sen
ators Burton of Ohio, Flint of California
and Smith of Michigan. Representatives
Bartholdt of Missouri, Keifer of Ohio,
Moon, Barchfeld. Burke and Wheeler of
Pennsylvania, Richardson of Alabama,
Hanna of North Dakota, Fairchild, Cox
and Goldfogle of New York, Parker and
Kinkaid OF New Jersey and Larrinaga Of
Porto Rico:
Speeches will be made by a number of.
the delegates Representative Rartholdt
will make the principal speech in sup
portof the American delegates. He will
speak in three languages, English, French
and German. Representative keifer of
Ohio is to speak upon the fertilization of
the Panama canal He is opposed to- for
LITIGATION. Mr.. BarthOldt said today that
all the delegates from this country are
opposed to spending millions Of dollars in
terrifying the canal The canal can
be made perfectly safe for hundreds tof
years to come by few hours work in
the shape of an agreement between This
country and other countries" said Mr..
BarthoIdt.
The Interparliamentary Union will
largely devote itself to preparing pro-
gram for the third Hague conference. to
be held in 1915