Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-15
INTERNATIONAL Law TOPIC
EMINENT REPRESENTATIVE OF.
GOVERNMENT WILL DISCUSS 1T.
Secretary Root, President Of tho As
ISOLATION, to Deliver Address
Program Outlined.

International law as an exact science will
be discussed by the American Society Of
International Law at its meeting in Wash
ington this week. 1t will be the first an
nual meeting Of the society. and will be
held at the New Willard on Friday and
Saturday. There will be preliminary re-
home Of Chas. Henry Butler tho reporter
Of the Supreme Court. Thursday evening.
There will also be a reception for the
members at the White House Saturday
Of the meeting will be delivered Friday by
Secretary Root, who is the president of the
society.
The address of the president will be fol-
lowed by a discussion on the immunity from
capture of neutral property on the high
seas during time OF war. Those expected to
speak In this connection are Admiral Stock
ton, c. c. Hyde of Chicago, Everett P.
Wheeler of New York and others. Another
subject for discussion is whether trade in
contraband of war is unneutral and should
be prohibited by international law. Those
who will speak this subject include
Judge Elliott of ST. Paul. Prof. Hershey,
Hannis Taylor and Prof. Geo. Wilson.
Disposition of Prize Cases.
The disposition OF prize cases will be dis
cussed Friday afternoon. The discussion of
the Drago doctrine will be opened by the
minister from Argentine, and will be par
ticipated in by Prof. Hershey, Judge Pen
field, Prof. Latano and Crammond Ken
nedy
Rights of Foreigners in the United States
in Case of Conflict Between Federal Treaties
and State Laws on which former Secretary
Of State Richard Olney. Prof Willoughby
of Johns Hopkins University. DR.. William
Draper Lewis Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania and Prof. Charles Noble Gregory.
dean of the Iowa University Law School,
will speak.
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second Hague conference and the devel-
opment of International law as a science.
Among those who will be heard are former
Secretary Of State John W. Foster. Prof
rotary of State Judge u NJ Rose and Rep
resentative Bartholdt Of Missouri.
The Anal event will be a banquet, at
which Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
committee: Mr.. Bryce. the British ambassa-
dor: Gen. Horace Porter. Senator Spooner
Of Wisconsin and others will speak
Society officers.
The officers of the society are: President
Secretary of State Elihu Root; vice presi-
dents, Chief Justice Fuller, Justice David
]. Brewer Justice William r. Day. Secre-
tary OF War William I'll. Taft. Andrew
Carnegie. Jospeh Fl. Choate John w. Eos
ter George Gray. John W. Griggs. W. w.
Morrow, Richard OIney and Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Oscar 8. Straus.
Executive council, To serve until 1871:
James B. Angel Michigan; Augustus o.
Bacon Georgia: Frank C. Partridge, YER
mont: William l.. Penfield. Washington:
Leo 8. Rowe. Pennsylvania; Everett Z.
Wheeler, New York; Andrew ID. White,
New York. To serve until 1908: Richard
Bartholdt. Missouri; Charles Noble Greg
ory Iowa: p. C. Knox. Pennsylvania: Hor
ace Porter, New York; John c. Spooner.
Wisconsin,; Charles B. Warren. Michigan:
Theodore s. WOOsley, Connecticut. To
serve until 1909: Chandler p. Anderson,
New York: Charles Henry Butler. New
York; Jacob NJ. Dickinson. Illinois: George
w. Kirchwey, New York: Robert Lansing.
New York; John Bassett Moore, New York;
James b. Scott, Washington; George u.
Wilson, Rhode Island.
Executive committee: Effhu Root. John
w. Foster. George Gray, George w. Kirch-
wey, Robert Lansing. John Bassett Moore.
George G. Wilson, ex ofilclo: Oscar 8.
Stratus. chairman: James B. Scott, recording
Charles Henry Butler, CORE
spending secretary; Chandler p Anderson
treas urer.