New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-10
International Law.

The association sO- tae ceiorm and cOdl"
fication Of the law O: nations has closed its
second annual conference. teic at the Hotel
de Vile. Cf this city. II the hall made his
,orical by having witnessed tie sittirgs Of
the Alabama arbitration commission. II
was attended BY distinguished Uen from
Itsly. Spain, France, England. Germany,
Switzerland. Holland. Belgium. the United
States. and even Japan. defnitive con-
stitution o. the association was adopted, and
officers were elected for the ensuing year.
the presiden: being D. Dudley Field, OF New
York. and tie general secretary, DR.. James
3, Mics. Of Boston. Count Sclopis, Of Turin,
tine presiden: Q: the Alabama commission,
was elected honorory president. Two in
terrational secretaries were also appoint.
eG-Mr. IL. c. Tucker, barcis:ec, to reside
in London, and Mr.. Frederick Parry in
Paris. The proceedings took place in Eng
l;sb and French. though the former Ian.
guage predomina:ed. the Ensiisl speaking
members present outnu1nberlng the others.
The president, Mr.. Field, from his acquaint.
ance with both Languages, was able to do
.ba. which was frequently necessary
namely. to translate summarly from the
one to the other for the enlightenmeu. of
the members req uired tovote on the various
questions. The determination OF the time
and place OF meeting tor the conference Of
Isl, was left TO the council. i. being gen.
tcAlly UuOcIsluUu tAnu SASs W eS' wac w
held in the United States.
Besides the discussion and adoption of a
constitution. the proceedings consisted tor
| the most part OF the reading OF papers.
many Of them Of great merit and value,
! against var and in favor OF international
| arbitration, and On the su2Jects OF uni.
| formi:v among nations IN money. bills OF
| exchange and negotiable securities. pro.
! lection Of intellectual property. rules OF the
these SDDlC1 Will hH
made 70 the next conference by the com.
.aittees to which they were referred; but
! the most important move forward iE the
wav Of practical business was a direction
| TO fhe council to cut up into parts or Sec
tions, and to distribute TO suitable commit
| tees, with a view to reports at the next con.
ference, the presidents mastery work OF
.Draf: Outlines Of an international Code
a translation of which in Italian has just
been published at Naples in handsome
octave volume Of S47 pages. oy Professor
| P;eratori, The great and solid merit OF
| this work Is hig ghly eulogized by the emf.
nent iurists from different countries which
the past fortnight has seen assembled at
! Geneva. After i. shall have been thorough
| ly reviewed and sitted through the !abors
! Of committees. charged each with Q particu.
lar portion or topic. it will then have &C.
uuired matured form. to which the serious
| attention Of governments can be invited
! with higher authority than can attach to a
work Of any single individual jurist. A
translation Of Mr.. Fields work into French
also is in preparation at Paris. but 1t will be
six or seven months before it can be COM
: pieted for publication. l presume that il
will also be issued in German. Mr.. Field
announces his intention to live to the age OF
DR.. Par. (which was. ] believe. l34), if
necessary, TO zee the eventual triumph of
the cause into which he has thrown ali his
energy.
The proceedings Of the conference wound
up By a genera. meeting, to which the puo-
lie were invited. The announcement that
Pese Hy&cinthe was to speak tilled TO its
utmost capacity the enormous building OF
the Grande Sale de ia Reformation. There
were between 5000 and iC0O persons present,
nearly al! comfortably seateG. l certainly
never listened to more magnificent elo.
Guence than that OF the famous orator.
| Other good speeches were also made-by
Henry Richard IA member OF Parliament)
for England. Mr.. Parry for France. DR..
Miles tor the United States and Senor Ma.
ceurta for Spain. There was also good
speech in the soft and low accents Of the
Japanese. oi which :. translation into
French was read Immediately after. The
representative of Japan at this conference
was Mr. kawasi. the Japanese minister to
Italy, who was ordered by the government
to attend. though not, OF course. in an OIL
cial capacity.
The Americans attending the conference.
besides the president and general secretary
already named. were Judge Peabody, O.
your Supreme Court; Professor TsicOtt. OF
Maine. and Mr.. John L. O'Sullivan, former.
ly United States minister 70 Portugal. The
attendance Of Robert c. Winthrop was pre-
| vented by the state OF health of member
OF his family. Chief Justice DAILY. of your
Common Pleas, was also present on the last
day as q visitor. and responded very felicit-
| ously for his country to toast at eump.
tuOue banquet given yesterday afternoon
to the association by one Of it's members.
Mr.. Gerstanberg, of London, the chairman
Of the Epgi!sh committee OF togeign bond.
holders.
A prospectus Of the association is to be
issued shortly by the council, inviting the
and proper persons interested in its objects.
1t is not contemplated to limit them to
jurists. but to give broader and more
popular character to the organization by
including numerous other classes OF society.
l will send you copy as soon as its torn
shall have been finally settled.
The Institute of International Law.
which also held its second meeting the pre-
vious week in the same hall, is distinct
institution. though pursuing to great ex'
tent the same general object. while most OF
! its members are also members Of the .Asso
citation for the Reform and Codifcation O1
the Law Of Nations" The former is q
limited body OF iurists exclusively. not
more than fifty in number. Its work is o.
more exclusively scientific and technica
character than that Of the association. Mr.
Field is q prominent member Of both
Genera correspondent Of the Ne,c Iori