Interparliamentary Peace Conference Appeals for Mediation in Far East
A VERY laudable effort in favor of international peace is being made by the “Interparliamentary Peace Conference,” which recently convened in Congress Hall, St. Louis. It is composed of representatives of fifteen parliaments, the president being Senator Richard Bartholdt, of France, and the General Secretary Albert Gobat, of Switzerland. The conference sent the following message of greeting to President Roosevelt:— The Interparliamentary Peace Conference, shocked by the horrors of the war that is being waged in the Far East between two civilized states, and deploring that the powers signatory of the convention of The Hague have been unable to have recourse to the clauses thereof, which direct them to tender their mediation immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities, asks the powers signatory of the convention of The Hague to intervene immediately with the belligerents in order to facilitate the restoration of peace, and instructs the Interparliamentary Bureau to bring the present resolutions to the knowledge of the said powers.