Show W WORL OR DS PASS P TI Convention Called to Order liy hy Captain Henry lOng King Editor of The Globe Democrat WELCOMED BY PREST FRANCIS Secy See tiny Hay Un Was Principal Speaker and amid Official Representative of l St Louis Ioula May ID Amid gorgeous surroundings with cascades pouring their torrents ts down tho time wate waterways says Into the lagoon and thousands of ot electric bulbs Illuminating tho Scone and onel all sil silhouetting the buildings of at atthe the exposition a tho time dark of ot night nighttime time the Worlds Iress parliament convened tonight In Festival hail hoU Thousands of ot visitors thronged the tho tiro stops sl and the esplanade at atthe tho the foot toot of or Festival hull bull and a IL steady stream proved grossed toward tho time entrance of oC tho the great building build InK seeking Decking entrance But tho Iho majority woe was doomed to disappointment for tor tho the renting ca cn ot of Festival hall IH la 2600 meld only tho the accredited delegates to the tho Iress Press parliament were admitted through tho thu double hue lino of guards at lit the tho entrance The convention to order by h CupL Henry King Icing editor of tho limo Bt St Louis and chairman of ot o lime Iho executive committee of ot tho par parliament David H 10 Francis president of time tho exposition welcomed tho visitors journalists from nil all parts of ot tho the world to limo tho exposition Tho prin principal cipal speaker of at the evening John Hay liny secretary of oC state was u next Introduced who canto canio ns na the tho representative of Roosevelt to attend the tho cr Secy was wan greeted with witha a n win to of ot applause lie He sail said ull In part partIn In Jut the name minute of time the president writer soldier amid statesman eminent In nil all hare thice professions nn an I 1 In in n all nil equally an nil of ot Justice pence and good will trill willI I bM hid you yeti lU a II welcome with tho that this meeting of at the tho representatives of ot time the worlds Intelligence may ho he fruitful In advantage to tho time NeM iress of ot nil all nations nod and may Inny bring us ems III nearer to o 0 the dawn ot or time the day dllY of ot peace on earth and a 1111 good will among a I nun men Let Jet us remember that we ire weare mire lire met mot to celebrate tho transfer of at a avast avast vast empire from Crom ono to another without tho the firing of or a me shot without tho the of or ono one drop of or blood If It the press of ot the world would adopt and per persist slat the high resolve that tram should be b no more tho the clangor of at arms would tho the to Its ecu so from fromn the rising of ot sun lIun going down clown and we Ie could fancy that nt ut lust list our oars no longer stunned by hy the din dIll of ot armies might hear time tile morn mornIng log Ing stars singing together and nil alt tho the sons of ot God shouting for Cor Joy The Tho loin speech was mado by hy A correspondent of oC Lo 10 Figaro Paris Darla At the tho th conclusion of the tho nd ad nl address dross dress Sir Hugh Ol of ot London president of ot the tho Press parliament was Willi Introduced by Chairman King ns as tha th permanent presiding of ot the con can convention applauded He wan vigorously applauded nail The Tho convention ad adjourned adjourned until tomorrow morning |