The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-01

Buffalo, N Y, Aug. S1.-The eight
zenith annual conference Of the lnterna-
tional Law association opened eoday
with scarcely score of delegates pres
ent. In the audience were the wives
and daughters of a number of the Brit
ish lawyers.
The conference was called to order by
Joseph G. Alexander. Q. c., of London.
! Sir William S. Kennedy presided at the
meeting Senator Charles +. Manoer-
son acted in the capacity OF honorary
president. Sherman S. Rogers delivered
the address of welcome. Officers were
elected as follows:
Sir Richard E. Webster, attorney gen.
eral for England, president.
Senator Henderson of Nebraska, hon
orary president.
Hon. Sir William Rand Kennedy,
president of the eighteenth conference.
w. c. Endicott, judge of the supreme
court of Massachusetts, Bancroft Davis
and Carl Schurz, vice presidents for the
United States.
The Right Hon. Sir John Tubbuck,
treasurer.
James Alexander and George c. Phil
limore, both of Lcndon, secretaries.
Hon Sir William Kennedy delivered
his inaugural address. He spoke of the
necessity for an adjustment of inter
national maritime insurance, the queS-
ton of foreign judgments and the ques-
ton of immunity of private property in
time of war.
Report On Arbitration.
DR.. Evans Dosby, secretary of the
peace section, London, presented the re-
ports of the committee on arbitration.
The conference accepts the report
adopted by the executive council on
July Is, 1899. of the special committee
appointed at the London conference of
1898, which has in accordance with the
direction of the Brussels conference of
1895, presented a scheme for the forma-
ton of the court of international arbi-
tration.
The conference cordially thanks the
committee for the care with which 1t
has thus completed the work intrusted
to it, directs that the scheme be printed
in the proceedings of the conference,
and commends it to public notice as the
associations contribution to the further
elucidation of the question.
The conference expressed its deep
qualification at the adoption by The
Hague peace conference of scheme of
international arbitration which carries
out one of the main objects of the as
ISOLATION as expressed in reiterated res
olutions from the time of its opening
NOlANiNliNG ~ Id uoSCloy III 4c'o.
Pleased With The Hague Conference.
The conference recognizes as especial
ly valuable the following leading fea-
lures of the scheme, viz:
First-The nomination of body of
men of recognized competence in ques-
tons of international law, and enjoying
particular esteem, who will be ready to
act as arbitrators
Second-The selection by the parties
to any international dispute from
amongst the members of the above
named body of arbitrator, and an UNI
pire to form an arbitration tribunal.
Third-The creation of permanent
administrative council, composed of the
diplomatic representatives at the court
of The Hague, with the Netherlands
minister of foreign affairs as its pres
ident.
Fourth-The establishment. under the
direction of the above named council,
of permanent bureau. whose services
will be at the disposal of all arbitral tri-
bunalS.
Urge Members to Act
The conference therefore urges the
members of the association to use their
influence in their respective countries
(a) to procure the early ratification of
The Hague convention relative to the
settlement OF INTERNATIONAL uiHereIceS,
OBJ to promote treaties between two or
more states agreeing to submit their
differences to arbitration under the pro-
visions of the convention.
The conference decides that a special
committee be appointed to examine in
detail the provisions of The Hague con-
vention and prepare a report thereon
for the next conference.
The resolutions were taken up one by
-iaf ta tai
their Importance and value. Charles H.
Butler read a paper on Immunity of
Private Property at Sea From Capture ..
During War"
He was followed by Thomas Barclay
of Paris on the same subject, after
which the conference adjourned until
tomorrow, when a resolution will be