Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-09
INTERNATIONAL LAW MATTERS
Twenty-secOnd Conference Closes In
teresting and Profitable Session
at Christiania.

CHRISTIANIA, Oct. ESPECIAL Cable
gram to the Bee.)-The twenty-second con-
ference of the International Law associa-
ton which has just closed here has been
one OF the most successful in its annals
Although the association has been in exist
ence for more than thirty years during
which time it has visited France, Germany
Belgium, Holland, Italy, the United States
and Switzerland. this is the first occasion on
which 1t has met in Scandinavia. Owing
to the tension between Norway and Sweden
it seemed at one time doubtful whether the
projected conference could be held; but the
fact that self-restraint shown by the people
Of Christiania have justified the decision of
the council. Additional interest was lent
to the conference by the fact that the
sessions were held in the Nobel Institute,
and that II was the first occasion on which
this building, which forms a part of the
great benefaction founded by the late AL
fred Nobel, has been used for public meet
ings. Representatives attended from Great
Britain, the United States, Germany
France, Belgium and Switzerland, and a
large number of Norwegians attended and
| took part in the proceedings.
! The conference organized it's bureau with
| Chief Justice I.ocher of the supreme court
as the honorary president, and Mr.. Beich-
mann. chief justice of the court of APP
peals at Tronjheim as its president, and
as vice Presidents: For Norway DR.. Oscar
Platon, professor Of Maritime law in the
! University of Christiania and Mr. Andersen
/ Aars; for Great Britain, Mr. Justice Phil
limore; for the United States, Mr.. Cephas
Brainerd of New York; for France. M.
Fromagert, of the Paris bar, and for Bel
gium, DR.. Stoequart, Of the Brussels bar
| Ia,
sion of the suh-secretary of the Peace
society, London, and Mr.. Koht, Christi
ania) who spoke OF the special labors of
the Norwegian storthing in this cause
Then came the consideration Of the rights
and the duties of neutrals. Mr.. Douglas
owen, secretary Of the Alliance Marine and
General Insurance society, (seconded by
Mr.. Arthur Kuhn. New York;, moved that
Il time ; ad come for protecting the orld s
mail and passenger steamers from beliger-
ent seizure and that provision should be
made by international agreement to prevent
the shipment and carriage of contra band
of war by such vessels and to render this
punishable offense. NJ George Marais,
advocate of the court of appeals Paris),
also carried a proposal that coal should
be regarded as conditional contraband-a
view in accordance with the traditional
| English and American practice, further
resolution proposed by NJ. Marais for the
establishment Of international prize courts,
wtich was supported by Mr.. Throvald Boye.
advocate christianity. but opposed by
Mr. Pawley Pate (reader Of international
laws to the Inns OF the COURT. did not meet
with the same success, but was on the
motion Of Mr.. Branierd, referred to a later
conference.
Papers were also contributed by 81 Gas
ton de Laval, advocate and advisor to the
British embassy, Brussels on interna-
tional questions arising out OF the late
war and by Thomas Baty on the IRE
crudescence OF Beligerent Professions "
The discussion OF the legal relations be-
tween charters and ship-owners followed
This was introduced in an exhaustive paper
by. Prof. Pheton who failed by the cast
ing vote Of the chairman to carry a resolu
ton that there is a demand for compulsory
clauses in charter parties in the same dlrec
, ton as those indicated In the United State:
charter act. Papers were also contributed
] by DIR. Stubbs and DR.. FTedericksen, Chris
t'ania), dealing with the same subject,