CONGRESS OF PARLIAMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 12867, 17 July 1906, Page 6

CONGRESS OF PARLIAMENTS

_ THE DUMA AND THE COMMONS. Press Association —By Telegraph-—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG,-July 16. Professor Mouromtseff, President of the Duma, in accepting, on behalf of the Duma, the British invitation to be present at the Inter-Parliamentary Union in London this month, telegraphed to the members of the House of Commons, who recently forwarded a brief, cordial cablegram of goodwill to the President, the following message :—" Deeply touched by the good feeling shown by the oldest to the youngest Parliament." [Oh June 2, at Brussels, the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary • Union met. Mr Randal Cremer and Lord Weardale represented Great Britain. In opening the sitting, the President said that the British Cabinet had expressed the desire that the Inter-Parliamentary Union should hold another special meeting in London before the assembly of tie Conference at The Hague. He proposed tliat this meeting should be held towards the end of July. It would be opened by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who would make an important spepch on the occasion. The Council decided to adopt this pranesnl, and to proceed to London on Jury' 23 for two days. It was also decided to put the question of the limitation of armaments, and eonsetpjerrtlv the limitation of militarv exp°nd : tare, tipon the list of (rnestkuns to be conndered at the extraordinarv sitrme. Between 400 and SHO delesrates from all parts of the world will be present at tire Conference.]