The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-30

tice Brewer. was an attentive listener dur
ing the debate. and at times INTERCEPTED
brief remarks
/ At the morning session a resolution Of
sympathy sOr Senator George r Hoar
who is III. was proposed b. F. II. Busbe,
OF North Carolina. which was referred tC
the Committee Of Nations
The congress adjourned At i2.i5 O'Clock
for luncheon. which was rendered TO the
! members by the ST Louis Ear As-ocia-
| ton. and which WIS spread on the stage
| Of Festival Hall.
| HAG' f. CONFERENCE DISCt-SSE
Tn" afternoon session was consumed
largely in an exhaustive. discussion ~ the
four Hague conferences Tin. addresses
we're technical IN their nature and ap-
I'"dl-d Z" IN" lawyers and juris-s AS n
complete history % the movements which
eliminated In the series " International
conferences at TIL. Hague. who's. central
idea was the co5inca'lon IF International
ID" ana Movements looking toward inter
national peace
The subject was a Review OF the Four
haSu- Conferences on Private Interua-
''"ndI Law tn Object o. the Conferences
ard Probable Results
Hf''-'' Nd~ Doctor l.. jose
phu- Jitta. professor o. m. ,;nnicir,.I
,"''e-h' OF Amsterdam. Netherlands
lie grouped his Thoughts under three
INC HistoTiaci Causes OF the Con-
Terence. TIL" Results Attained and
me Results TO BE Expected in the Flu
ture practical result OF the confer
ehce-. ne said. iay In the fact that the
treaties on the validity n marriages. d.
s..tI
miiaied IN the last conference at The
hague had been ratified and were in
force In these Countries. Holland. Ger
many. Belgium. France. Luxembourg. Rou-
mania and Sweden.
He was followed b. Doctor F. Meili. pro-
fessOr In the University O., Zurich. Switz-
efiand. who outlined the same line Of
thought as did Doctor Jitta. a discussion
OF the two papers sas read by Simeon z.
Baldwin. Judge OF the supreme Court Of
Errors Of Connecticut.
rHISA'S CIVIL. PROCEDURE
During the afternoon Cou Tzu-chi Of the
Chinese Embassy at Washington spoke
briefly regarding civil procedure In China.
in further discussion OF the papers Of the
morning session.
Through its chairman. Mr. Justice Sss-
NV ~ rI4Nfld Inc committee OF NdEiftl-
presented partial report The resolution
giving preference to President Roosevelt
over the car Of Russia in formulating
plans for another International Convention
was declared adopted
Other resolutions touching results ~
The Hague Conference which had been
referred TO :he committee he stated had
been deemed by the members as not prop
er to be deiibsratei upon at this time and
on the motion Of Mr.. Justice Nesbitt were
voted mot adopted" The committee will
make a further report to-day.
Because Of the necessary departure OF
J. ". Dickinson Of Chicago. the member
Of the Committee OF Nations from the
United States. Moorfi.Id Storey Of Boston
was named IA his successor. and ne was
elected.
Mr.. Justice Brewer stated at closing
that he was n native OF Kansas and felt
that he must devote portion OF his time
to-day In attending the Kansas Day ex-
ercises and because of that fact had ap-
pointed Judge Simeon r BALDWIN n pre-
side at the morning session and Sir VII
liam r. Kennedy 10 take the chair at :he
afternoon session to-day The congress
adjourned at o'clock