New-York tribune., 1907-08-30
MEET In PORTLAND, TOO
annual Conference of International
Lac association Opens.

Portland Mo Aue @-Members of the legal
fraternity prominent in the AFFAIRS OF the "olio
and representing the principal countries of Europe
and America are in attendance at the twenty-four'n
annual conference of the International Law Asso-
cation which was opened to-day and Will De IN
session until Saturday. This is the second uiiio
the association held conference IN the onileo
States The object of session is to advance the
science of jurisprudence, promote the aonihis'la
,ion of Justice and uniformity of leglsiatloh
throughout the Union uphold the honor ol .
profession of the law and encourage coroia Al"
tercourse among members of the American pa
The conference arranged to De heio III TINS
city in response invitation from the Amer i
Rar Association whose convention closed yeseei
dav and II is being attended by many Oh '"'
members Of the latter organization
The convention called TO order IN hot@SOiii
Hall There was a small attendance at the open
e., .yo, The delegates were welcomed 10
Portland by Mayor Nathan Clifford whiie Snai'o'
F. Libby of this city extended welcome =. -
half of the Cumberland County Bar .. g.
Mr.. Justice Kennedy, OF Loiiuoh'
behalf of the delegates
Casaa p-,,nerd of New York. for the execu-
tive committee reported the list of officers tor 'he
conference and 1t was adopted as 1oiio~ -
orary president Of the conference simeon l.
win chief justice of the supreme Cou.'
,ors Connecticut; president Mr. Justice hen
nadr- Tondon: vtce-president. Cephas BraiheIu'
New York; Alton B. Parker, New 1orh' Na--, ,
r. Elliott Minneapolis; L. j. Laranser' "oh -
Charles e. HYDE CHCdsO' gnu -
pbilIimore London. Forty new members "i'
elected. -. -. .h.
Judge Baldwin. honorary presloefiI VI
association read the inaugural address. at 'he
close of which MI Justice Kennedy look the ''i
Dr + Evans Darby secretary of the peace So
ciety London, read a paper on Interrhlt'eh' i'e
ress of International Arbitration
The president interrupted the programme 70 IN
+roduce Ambassador Bryce, who addressed tne
conference for few minutes. He said that IN iiie
o,inion the sentiments Of the American people
uare in favor of those objects whose accomplish
nent was the aim of the International Law Asso-
citation He said also that he thought the associA
tion was doing a great work In paving the way
for points likely to come before courts OF aroitra
ton. . :,
The evening session was called to order al
O'Clock bv the honorary president who invited
yice-President Cephas Brainard. OF New YORK. 10
preside Professor C. Noble Gregory. dean OF the
faculty of law of Iowa University, read a paper
on .t,xpropriation by International Arbitration
Everett P Wheeler. of New York, called at,en-
ton to the fact that corporations might avali
themselves of many OF the privileges OF the rlghI
of eminent domain denied to sovereign people
themselves J. Balfour Browne. X c., of London
read a paper on international law and interna-
cussed THE Question Of Disarmament
Walter George Smith. Of Philadelphia. the last
speaker OF the evening, discussed divorce laws
He referred favorably to the uniform law proposed
by the Philadelphia Divorce Congress OF 1906