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PILLS NE c Maâ€" outfit prices, Ont. operâ€" VA 000 ards 1906 stoc k prices. nd There was something distinetly aweâ€"inâ€" spiring about the day, with visions of '.";.mn falling from another branch of the bhuman raee and the Russian peoâ€" ple taking up the march of modern eivilâ€" ization. _ The representatives of the Rusâ€" sian millions and the Russian Emperor were at last face to face and the result was to determine the fate of the nation and country stretching from Germany to the Pacific, to the polar seas and to the burning sands of Central Asia. Notwithstanding the mutual distrust of the CGovernment and people there was not lacking the hope that the foundation of a sincere understanding between the Empcror and his subjeets would be laid strong and deep. It was the attitude of mutual suspicion which constituted the great jarring note on this occasion. It could not be concealed. It was apâ€" parent everywhere. The city might have been in a state of siege, so heary was the arraoy of troops, _ Not only were deâ€" tachments of infantry, cavalry and gendâ€" armes stationed at strategic points, but large reserves were massed in the court yards of the public buildings. Early in the morning the palace s«quare resembled a field camp, two regiâ€" ments of guards having bivouacked there all night. _ At daylight battalions of poâ€" lice took possession of all the approachâ€" es to the palace for the distance of a ‘Mnl of a mile and all day no one was llowed to pass the lines without tickâ€" et«. _ The (r:‘aw of the Nicholas bridge from Vassali Island was opened and the Palace bridge, which rests on pontoons, was allowed to swing down the current «o as to permit the impeded yachts bearâ€". ing their Majesties and the court from. Peterhof to pass up the river to ’be‘ landing stage in front of the Winter Pal!â€" ace. _A flotilla of police patrol boats, several low torpedo boats and a number of oared galleys cleared the river so far as the palace of all moving craft. Like all great state functions in holy Russia, the ceremonics began with reâ€" ligious services. At 10 o‘clock in the Took the Water Route Up the Neva to *% and St. Paul Portress. Czar and Czarina and Court Attend the Opening at S:. Petersburg. RUSSIA‘S NEW PARLIAMENT; A GREAT HISTORICAL DRAMA. * & uspension oi W districts owing to he workmen into might proveke eo perhaps bloodshed. cre was something iz about the day is falling from a: human race and â€" tking up the mare m. _ The represent use, and sircaims of muiiâ€"<Oiâ€" nants fluttered from the yachts ping in the harbor. Even the senger boats which thread the nd canals, the street cars and bs, carried the Russian eotors. ks, stores, schools and some of ries were closed in honor of the but there was no general holiâ€" CGovernment specifically discourâ€" «spension of work in the indusâ€" ricts owing to fear that crowdâ€" vorkmen into the cenire of the ht proveke collisions, disorder, / NY d "Ԥ' 1P ~ \‘\\ S N\ ;‘ \;-:. espatch CZAR OF RUSSIA. the | twenty minutes, making their devotions, tex asking for the blessing and guidance of * | the Almighty. As their Majesties after it ' their devotions, returmed to the terrace of and reâ€"entered the launch, the raint echo of l of a cheer swept up the Neva. The Imâ€" ep. | perial launch immediately crossed the ,;|_ , river and entered the winter palace from s lthe Quay entrance. ' Tar tho first time since the ceremony n Although the bars of what had hitherâ€" to been the most exclusive court in Exâ€" rope were lowered for the first time to admit to His Majesty‘s presence men who had come, not by virtue of his inviâ€" Through this brilliant maze of troops passed srlendid equipages and many of the coachmen wearing the red imperial livery and bearing invited guests swiftâ€" ly to the various antrances to which they had been assigned. ||_ _ _ _ The scene on the square toâ€"day was in vivid contrast to that of less thafn fifâ€" ten months ago, when the troops met with volleys the people coming to ask the Little Father for less than they have now been granted. Instead of _ grim soldiers shooting into a mob, prancing cavalry with _ shining accoutrements guarded the approaches, while the square itself was filled with raink upon rank of the chevalier guards, cuirassiers, husâ€" sars, lancers and other guard regiments, each in picturesque uniforms of red, blue and yellow. Their helmets and cuirasses shone in the sun while polished lance heads formed a thicket of flashing lines over head. The Emperor‘s picked Cireasâ€" sian Cossacks, in long flowing crimson kaflams, gave the highest note of ‘color to the scene. Behind the iron grill leadâ€" ing to the courtyard of the palace were massed a squadron of heavy dragoons and a battery of machine guns. For the first time since the ceremony of blessing the waters, January 19, 1905, when the Emperor escaped death from the charge of grape fire from a gun of the saluting battery on the opposite bank of the river, their Majesties were back in the Russian capital. A little more than two hours later vast hosts of military and civil digniâ€" taries began arriving at the wintor palâ€" nce to listen to the Emperor‘s message to the representatives of the people. thousands of spectators who woere waitâ€" The csene around the Tauride Palâ€" ing along the islands in the river. ace, whither the members of the Donâ€" Without halting at the Winter Palace| ma proceeded in the afternoon to open the lavnches crossed the river and their | their first session, was in striking conâ€" Majestics landed under the grim walls | trast to that of the imperial reception. of the St. Poter and St. Paul fortress,f There was no barricade, no guard of which they ertored by the Imperial waâ€" | honor, ard even the police were fow. ter terrace, driving hurriedly to the imâ€" PThere were only mounted patrols enâ€" mense cathedral inside the walls, where | ough to prevent the blocking of traffic. repose the remains of the Romanoffs.[hut hundreds of volunteers from _ the There. before the tombs of His Majesty‘s Young Liberal party worked their hardâ€" »ucestors, the Imperial family knelt for ost to ensure everything passing off worâ€" twenty minutes, making their devotions, thily, _ They cleared the way for trafâ€" asking for the blessing and guidance Oof ; fie towards the Douma entrance, and the Almighty. As their Majesties after i lkopt under control bands of their comâ€" their devotions, returmed to the terrace|yades, who were shouting passionately and reâ€"entered the launch, the faint echo j for amnesty. of a cheer swept up the Neva. The Imâ€"} ‘The procecdings within the chambor perial launch immediately crossed th@ ; were most creditable to the assembly river and entered the winter palace from l of 400 men, a vast majority of whom the Quay entrance. ‘wer(\ entirely strangers to each other For the first time since the ceremony | ten days ago. They listened patiently of blessing the waters, January 19, 1905, ‘ while the aged Baron Frisch welcomed when the Emperor escaped death from them on behalf of the Emperor. Then the charge of grape fire from a gun of they proceeded in perfect order to take the saluting battery on the opposite the oath and sign the roll of memberâ€" bank of the river, their Majesties were ship, after which they were asked to back in the Russian capital. | elect a president from among themâ€" A little more than two hours later selves. _ Each dropped the name of his vast hosts of military and civil digniâ€" | chosen candidate into a voting urn. taries began arriving at the wintor p@\â€" ; As anticipated, Prof, Mouromtzeff, the nce to listen to the Emperor‘s message | senior member for Moscow, was electâ€" to the representatives of the people. _ {|ed,. _ The result was received with The scene on the square toâ€"day was M | hearty cheers. __ While the bells wore still ringing the Imporial yacht Alexandra, with the Imâ€" peri¢] standard a the fore, moved maâ€" jestically up the river, dipping her flag in answer to the salutes ard cheers from the Emperor‘s warship lying at the Balâ€" tic works, Instead of proceeding to the Winter Palace, the yacht stopped at the landing stage of the English quay beâ€" low the Nichol@s bridge, and in front of the Leuchtenber Palzce, formerly the American Embassy, where the Emperor, the Empress and the Dowager Empress entered a launch, and, attended by a lawnch on each fiank, moved on up the rivers, The members of the court made the remainder of the journey to the Winter Palace in carriages, escorted by a troop of clattering Horse Guards. The Emperor‘s arrival was not heraldâ€" ed by the customary salute of 301 guns, and for that reason the passage of the river bardly attracted the notice of the thousands of spectators who were waitâ€" ing along the islands in the river. Without ha‘lting at the Winter Palace the lawnches crossed the river and their Majestics landed under the grim walls of the St. Poter and St. Paul fortress, which they ertored by the Imperial waâ€" ter terrace, driving hurriedly to the imâ€" mense cathedral inside the walls, where repose the remains of the Romanoffs. There. before the tombs of His Majesty‘s, mucestors, the Imperial family knelt for twenty minutes, making their devotions, asking for the blessing and guidance of the Almighty. As their Majesties after Not only at Kremlin of nd ‘Te Deu ing the oec; well as civi impress the St. Pzeter outside a public building. The other sign of the Douma‘s indeâ€" pendence was the prompt direction by President Movuromtzeff to Government officials to withdraw from the floor ef the House. _ Some of them demurred. but M. Movuromtzeff vigorously ordered that the floor be cleared of nonâ€"memâ€" bers,. â€" At this the galleries and the enâ€" tire House cheered with delight, enjoyâ€" ing the unique spectacle of an independâ€" ent elected man ol'(lm'ing~ bureaucrats lssn ies c oo n N ME an address of loyalty that Russia was ready for a constitution. _ In the imâ€" periabreply,"he was told that 3¢ desires expressed in his address were sengcless dreams, _ Toâ€"day has been given him the triumph of making his first speech in a Russian Douma. . _ The Assembly promptly heeded the prosidential bell when it called the House to order. Two incidents at the closo of the sitting were indicative of the temper prevailing. _ One was an ovation to the veteran, Ivan Petrunkeâ€" vitch, when he demanded ammesty for those who had struggled to secure this National Assembly. It will be rememâ€" bered that M. Petrukevitch was the first man, who declared to the Czar‘s free for a constitution. At the beâ€" ginning of the present reign he, . on behalf of the Tvir Zemstvo, asserted in The reading lasted but three minutes. No reply was made to the Emperor‘s address, When he had concluded the asemblage dispersed, the members of the Douma making no sign of approvâ€" al or disapproval of what they had li«â€" tened to. Approach â€" with solemnity the labors for which I call you, and be worthy of the responsibilities put upon you by the Emperor and people, May God assist us. May (iod bless the work that lies beâ€" fore me in unity with the council of the empire and the Imperial Douma. . May this day be the day of the moral revival of Russia, and the day for the renewal of its highest forees. 1 shall keep inviolate the institutions which I have granted, with the firm asâ€" surance to the service of your country, and especially to the needs of the peasâ€" antry, which are so close to my heart, and to the education of the people and their economical welfare, remembering that to the dignity and prosperity of the State, not only freedom, but order foundâ€" ed upon justice, are necessary, I desire from my heart to see my peoâ€" ple happy, and hand down to my son an empire secure, well organized, and enâ€" lightened. era‘s of mgn rark, admiral ardes ae camp otc., while the immediate suites of the Emperor and the two Empresses remairâ€" ed in the Romanoff sallery, off the throne room, a magnificent apartment ornamented with ribanded jasper ant beautiful mosaics representing the temâ€" ples of paestum. _ The ladies and mards of honor of the courts arayed in ancirâ€" ent Russian customes of deep purple, broidered with pearls and, wearing sugar loai headâ€"dresses, similarly adorned, preâ€" sented a charming appearance. In the gold decorated music room, the field marshals and Arabicâ€" halls, the Pompeiian gallery, the hall of columns, etc., gathcred the suites of the varions Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses, the Precurator General of the Holy Synod, the members of the holy synod, the genâ€" erals of high rark, admiral aides de camp A St. Petersburg cable: At the openâ€" iny of the Douma and sianding in frout of the throne, the Czar read his message to the Douma. _ 1t was as foilows: The supreme Providence which gave me the care of our Fatherland moved me to call to my assistance in legislative work elected representatives of the peoâ€" ple. _ In the expectation of a brilliant future for Russia, 1 greet in your persons the best men from the empire, whom I ordered my beloved subjects to choose from among themselves. A difficult work lies before you. _ I trust that love for your Fatherland and vour earnest desire to serve it will inâ€" snire ard unite vyou. The Ambassadors and other chiefs of the missions mounted the Ambassadors‘ stairease, skirting the dining room where Alexander narrowly escaped death as the result of an explosion in 1880, and passâ€" ed the hall of Peter the Great, whose red velvet walls are studded with gold of the Russian eagles. Throuch the Jordan door the members of the Lower House of Parliament mounted the marble stairease to the spaâ€" ciohs Nicholas dall, overlooking the Neva, where the great court balls are held, while the members of the Council of the Empire, or Upper House, passed through the regular entrance. That body assembled in the Hermitage pavilion. tation, but because they hoid a mandate from the people, the rules and traditions of caste and rank were not in any wise relaxed. By different entrances and up different stairways into different salons, strictly according to rank, the concourse of court dignitaries, nobles, foreign repâ€" resentatives, cleorgy and military and civil officials, all in full uniform, gathâ€" ered to await the summons from â€"the thromne, in the hall of S8t. George. The steamer Columbia, from Glasgow, was in wireless communication with the Marconi station at Sable Island when 80 miles southeast of that point at 7 a.m. toâ€"day. She will probably dock about 8.30 a.m. Sunday. An incoming train on the Chatanooga Southern Railroad struch a car on the Chattanooga, Tenn., electric line to day. Two men were killed and a third receivâ€" ed probably fatal injuries. The heaviest frost ever known in May occurred at Ballston, N. Y., last night. Ice formed a quarter of an inch thick, and the ground was frozen, damaging early vegetation. There were flurries of snow. Five laborers were buried in a caveâ€" in at the Central Supply Company‘s aew building on Foster street, Worecester Ma#=s, Thomas Floody and an unidentiâ€" fied Italians are dead. One other Itaiâ€" ian was seriouslyl hurt. The Hamburgâ€"American . Line steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the largest vessel afloat, sailed from Dover, Eng., toâ€"day on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. ' The New York Sun says: Following the announcement of William B. Hernâ€" blower‘s resignation as a trustee of the New York Life came a statement yesterâ€" day that Oscar 8. Straus, former U. 8. Minister to Turkey, will refuse to stand for reâ€"election to the company‘s governâ€" Announcement _ was made yestrday that Joseph Leiter, who carried on a spectiacular "dorner" kn wheat eight years ago, has been suspended from membership on the Chicago Board of Trade. A Pomifret, Conn., despatch says the heavy frost of last night ruined the peach and early vegetable crops in this section of the state. In many places ice formed half an inch thick. The steaemer Columbia from Glasgow, was in wireless communication with the Marconi station at Cape Race, when 164 milés southeast of this point at 8 a.m. She wil‘ probably reach her dock about Sunday. d The Syracuse police toâ€"day announced the apprehension at Christiana, Norway, of Charles H. â€" Paine, absconding teller of the Onondaga County savings baunk. Paine took $13,500. Snow fell at different points in the Adirondacks yesterday. 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I have recommended Bileans to many of my friends." «= "This ailment indirectly cccasions more suffering, and gives rise to more serious disorders in both sexés, than any other ailment 1(« Kknown to medical science." f «"For many months I was a terrible sufferer from constipation," she said to a Hampshire Post reporter. MEX mmonao es ou se k s Te cp fln c gt c 4 m i s L Mrs. H. J. Chapman, of 1 Surrey Court, Surrey Street, Landport, relates an experience which should convince every one of the perils of constipation and of the unequalled mcrits of Bileans as a cure. Bileans for Biliousnessâ€"the great herbal household medicine ache, constipation, piles, liver trouble, indigestion and all digestin female ailments, skin erugtiom, biliousness, Spring debility, sick h taste in the mouth, foul breath, dizziness, fainting. buzzing noises WHAT BILEANS CURE. ~â€"~ at At a special meeting at Richmond, Va., vesterday the trustees of Hampdenâ€" Sydney College accepted a proposition made by James T. McAllister, of Hot Springs, Va., to guarantee $3,500 a year toward the expenses of a special deâ€" partment for training writers for newsâ€" papers and magazines, and office books. At 06.25 o‘clock last night an earth â€" quake shock lasting nearly one minute passed through the Elkhorn Valley, at Cody, Nebraska, the earth seeming to move north and south, No damage is reported from the various towns which have telephoned in the news. Towns in all directions for a radius of 60 miles have reported feeling the shock. An Irish Member of Parliament Objects to the Practice. London, May 14.â€"Mr. Hazelton, M. P., North Galway, on Tuesday, will ask the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Canâ€" adian Government is paying the sum of one pound to shipping agents in Ireland on every ticket for an immigrant to Canada, and in view of the fact that such encouragement of Irish emigration is injurious to the welâ€" In accordance with the agreement reached at Cleveland last evening all the workers on the dock at Buffalo reported for duty this morning at their respecâ€" tive elevators, ore and coal docks, and the work of warping vessels into posiâ€" tion to unload and load was promptly begun. tions to the Canadian Government to have the practice discontinuel without delay. The general association of German Meâ€" tal Working establishments toâ€"day deâ€" nied the correctness of a statement sent to the press on May 4, which declared that they had appointed this day for a general lockout of the workmen in the metal industry. Mrs. Violet Tewksbury, who was exâ€" tradited from _ Paris on March 30th, charged with passing fraudulent cheques at the instigation of her husband, Lewis Tewksbury, of New York, was acquitted in the Sessions Court at London toâ€"day, after three days‘ trial. Carl Schurz, the publicist and former secretary of the Interior, who has been critically ill at his home in New York, with an attack of stomach trouble, was reported as being much better toâ€"duy by his physicians. He was taken sick last Tuesday. Frederick W. Whitbridge, of _ New York, appointed by President Roosevelt to represent the United States at the wedding of King Alfonso, was presented to King Edward at Buckingham Palace toâ€"day by Ambassador Reid. Wâ€"day. The owner of the building, W. L. Harris, of Salem, places his loss at $15,â€" 000, but this does not include the value of a collection of antiques which canâ€" not be replaced. The woll known Ferncroft Inn, built En 1650, at Danvers, Mass., was burned ing boar«se. Air. Straus has been a trustee for many years. ONTARIO ARCHIVES | TORONTO BONUSING EMIGRANTS. â€"cure head. Â¥. P l London, May 14.â€"Before the select comâ€" ; Prime | mittee of the House of Commons which is s Canâ€" enquiring into the adulteration of butter, of one Lord Strathcona testified that at present n every Canadian butter is frequently manipulated and in | 44t*" importation into this country. The perâ€" gement centage of moisture was increased and was 1e wei. | then sold as English butter. If the practice esentaâ€" | Y°* probibited here he felt sure that the o have sale of Canadian butter would increase. 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Before he had been many hours in the city he had fallen in with an unknown woman, who successfully ‘touched" him for his bank roll of $150. He had no idea where he was when the robbery took place, and Supt. McDonnell was unable to afford him any redress. His tale was told with much trepidation, and on no account would hbe reveal his identâ€" ity. V'HQ was about 35 years old, wore specâ€" tacles, and, in adition to his clerical dress, Toronto Clergyman Has Costly Advenâ€" ture in Detroit. Detroit Despatch.â€"Chie? of Detectives Mcâ€" Donneil of the Detroit bureau was called upâ€" on this morning by a Toronto clergyman, who declined to give his name, but whose clerical barg and fully corroborated his proâ€" fession. was attired in a long grey overcoat FREE SAMPLE BOX OF BILEANS Constantinople, May 14.â€"An antiâ€" harem epidemic seems to bave broken out among the Turkisr women and girls of the better classes, _ A few months ago two daughters of Nauri Bey, Secretaryâ€"General of the Minisâ€" try of Foreign Afairs, flied from the harem and went to Paris. _ A little later a daughter of Redvan Pasha, City Prefect, who was recently asâ€" sassinated, fled to Broussa. _ Toâ€"day, it is learned that the daughters of Memdotuh Pasha, Minister of the Inâ€" terior. and of Turghan Pasha, Minisâ€" ter of Pious Faundations, have fled from the country in order to escape the deadly dulness of harem _ life,. Similar cases are reportel in other families of good standing. The Sultan is uneasy over the matter, and, in consequence, he is likely to sanction a law forbidding the intrusion _ of foreign ladies to the harems, inasmuch as they "constitute a grave danger to the peace of the souls of Turkish woâ€" men," who frequently are too weak to resist the glowing, tempting descripâ€" tions of European women in contrast to the dismal harem life. No More Foreign Ladies in Sultan‘s to the Peace of Souls of Turkish Haremâ€"They "Constitute a Danger Women," Says Official Circular, FLITTING EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT AMONG THE INMATES. DESERTING HAREM. BUTTER MANIPULATED. To obtain see above. wWHO CAN HE BE ? i Niagara Falls, May 14.â€"Chief Mains ‘of the Niagara frontier police has just ;returned from Port Colbormne, where he was investigqnting a case of alleged murâ€" gdor. On April 30 Mns, Sadia White ‘made affidavit before F. J, Quinn, J.. !P., that she had been told by her sister, ‘_\lrn. Young, that she (Mrs, Young) had | mundered her own child by giving him a dose of poison, and that a man named [ Noudor had assisted her in administerâ€" \ing the fatal drug. _ Officor Moriarity «»nmenced a thorough inquiry, and Chief Mains went to the place to comâ€" plete the investigation. All the parties. live in Humberstone township, just outâ€" side Port Colborne. The child, Charles Young, who, it is alleged, was porisonâ€" ed by his mothor, died on Dee. 27, 1905. _ Ne was four years and six months old, and had been subject to violent fits al his life, Strictest crossâ€"examination of all persons who knew anything of the cireumstances failed to bring to light one ecrap of evidence to «upport the charge. Dr. Hutton, who attended him before his death for about two years, says the boy died from exhaustion, caused g; the fits. _ Another physician who came in contact with the case says he is satisfied that the child died from natural causes. Mrs. Young indignantly denies that she gave anything unwholesome to her child. or that Souder did. She says she never made any such confession as Mrs. White rtioin:hd ei‘n h&lmsvit Chief Mains sati t y is m story is entirely Leipzig, May 14.â€" Three Germans were arraigned in the Supreme Court here toâ€"day charged with treason in betraying naval secrets to France, Russia and the United States during 1904 and 1905. Conradsohn, one of the three, who is an engineer, had access to the Government dockyards. The others are business men, who bought plans and information from kim and sold them to foreign agents, _ The public prosecutor asserted that Senffâ€" tleben, one of the merchants, supplied the United States Minister at Brussels with the most secret plans of a model of a special submarine mine. Other naval secrets were sold to other Ameriâ€" can agents, and information concerning the same mine and other matters was sold to Russia and France. All the prisoners denied the charges. Most of the hearing was in camera, and hence the details cannot be obâ€" tained. _ Senffticben and Conradsohn were found guilty and sentenced to four and three years‘ r-l servitude, reâ€" spectively, and to five Nh':f ively, and to five years‘ Joss of then vicll rights. / Aucckl, "The Hare man, was acquitted, CHARGE THAT MRS. YOUNG HAD MURDERED HER INFANT. Sir Edward declared he could mnmot accept Mr. Bellairs‘ amendment _ beâ€" ecause it would preclude Great Britain from taking any initiative action at Tho Hague vonference in the direction of bringing _ about a reduction in armaments. He did not say that Great Britain would take such initiative. Perâ€" haps some other power was already contemplating it, but _ Great Britain must not be precluded, | The Governâ€" ment would do all in its power to enâ€" courage such a movement in the most practical form. i sion hbeing taken ‘ There were certain offsets to the horrors of war, but there was nothing to offset the expenditure _ for _ war, which remained a dead weight, lowâ€" ering national life and the standard of a country‘s vitality long after the exâ€" citement and passion of conflict were over. Indeced in a senso that depresâ€" sion of vitality was perpetual in Euâ€" rope, owing to the enormous expendiâ€" ture for armies and â€" navies, although peace was not broken. The mations wore all waiting for each other to take the first step in reducing,. _ Somebody must do it some day. 2 _ Mr. Bellairs withdrew his amendâ€" ment, and Mr. Vivian‘s resolution was agreed to with cheers, without a diviâ€" APMV WB PRPWRDO PPRHCC PCO CC Spmmig®ant mo? on ogmien tiat supre » is of the 0 a it is inadvisable for the &Wefllmeflt to initiate a discussion concerning the armaments which foreign powers deem necessary for the defence of their terâ€" ritories. In speaking to his motion Mr. Belâ€" lairs said his hope of stopping the present mad race was an â€" Angloâ€" American alliance. e 1e ! Sir Edward Grey, Foreign ecreâ€" tary, speaking on behalf of the Govâ€" ernment, . said â€" hbe welcomed _ Mr. Vivian‘s‘ resolution. He hoped it would be taken by other countries as an inâ€" vitation from the House of Commons to respond to the latter‘s feeling in favor of reducing armaments. . This feeling, he added, was strong, not only in Great Britain, but in other counâ€" tries where the naval and military exâ€" penditure was burdensome. When The Hague conference met it could do no greater service to the world than to make the conditions of peace less exâ€" pensive. _ e es y pecaPtandh sntes Py e h cmsaiae d cS ce F tion of the reduction of armaments by international agreement in the agenda of the forthcoming Hague conference. Mr. Bellairs moved an amendment to substitute for the last part of Mr. Vivian‘s resolution the following: "But the House relies upon the Govâ€" ernment to maintain _ British naval supremacy, and is of the 0 inion that it is inadvisable for the Eove'rnme_nt Expenditure is Excessiveâ€"Resolution Inâ€" troduced in British House of Comâ€" mons Calling Upon Goverment to Take Action. Nondon, May 14.â€"In the House of Commons this evening He‘:? Vivian, a member of the Amaigama Bociety of &rl:entcrs and Joiners, member for Birâ€" kenhead, called attention to the Public expenditures. He submitted a resolution declaring that it was the oginion of the House that the growth 0| the exâ€" penditure for armaments was eXxcesâ€" sive, calling upon the Government to take drastic steps to reduce the drain on the national income, and to that end to press the inclusion of the quesâ€" ONE WAY TO STOP PRESENT MAD RACE FOR ARMAMENTS. NO TRUTH IN STORY. PUNISHED FOR A U. S. ALLIANCE. Naval Secrets.