New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
ACADEMY OF PEACE
FORMED At THE HAGUE
Will sit Annually for Three
Months in Late Summer
Lecture Course Arranged.
SCHOOL FOR DIPLOMATS
Governments Will Send Younger
Members of Corps to Hear
Addresses by Interna-
tional Law Experts.
.By Gable to The Tribune.l


London. Aus 23.-Active interest
Was manifested during the recent meet
ing Of the Institute of international
Law in the Carnegie endowment of
International peace, and in this connec-
ton the establishment Of the Academy
~ International Peace at the. Palace
NJ The Hague was explained TO The
Tribune correspondent to-day by James
Brown scott the well known Washing
ION lawyer and secretary Of the Car
negie Peace Fund
Mr.. Scott has been attending the ses-
siors Of the Institute Of International
Law AT oxford in an endeavor to in
duce the institute permanently TO as
sumo the position of official adviser TO
the fund. The subject was first
brought up at the Christiania confer
ence in 1911 and a tentative agreement
was made but this year the institute
definitely agreed to handle the great
task through a consultative commit
tee" composed Of the president Of the
institute, the secretary general and
nine other members, serving two years
each.
Among the present members are
Gregers Gram. Of Norway, chief arbi-
traitor in the Boring Sea dispute in
1899; Francis Hagerup, former Prime
Minister Of Norway and member of the
Permanent Court Of Arbitration at The
Hague; Louis Renault the well known
French publicist; Henry Lammssch,
professor of international law at the
University Of Vienna, who arbitrated
between the Orinoco Steamship Com
pany and Venezuela, and Thomas En-
skine Holland, former professor Of in
ternational law at oxford and now
president of the institute.
On the request of Mr.. Scott the com
mittee can be called together at any
time by the institute. Mr.. Scott, in an
interview on the subject, said:
1T is a stupendous aid to have these
expert specialists guide us. The com
mittee is now meeting at Oxford, and
will meet again at The Hague at the
end Of August after the Peace Palace
Is opened. The institute took such
deep interest in the matter that Il i'm
mediately asked for the establishment
Of an Academy of International Law
al The Hague Peace Palace. which will
sit annually in August. September and
October, when the Continental uni
Thus the finest lecturers can be pres
ent from each nation. men who are
practical as well as theoretical experts.
For instance. the first year NJ.
Renault viii give thirty lectures on
arbitration in English. French, Ger
man. Spanish and Italian. and the lect-
ures will be afterward printed in book
form. There VIII be four lecturers an
nually. talking on the timeliest ques-
tons Of international law.
"One extremely encouraging thing is
that We are now in touch with the
great powers. who will designate men
directly from their own diplomatic
corps as students. China. France.
Japan. Russia, Italy and the Scandi-
navian countries have agreed TO par
ticipate. Germany IS only waiting 10
see the curriculum, and Great Britain
and the United States are bound to
participate. but of course America vii!
be handicapped to a certain extent be-
cause she has no permanent diplomatic
corps.
The curriculum will be along the
lines set forth by the man who first
proposed such a scheme years ago.
former Prime Minister Storsa OF Ru-
mania. His speech at The Hague is
being studied and his recommended
tons will be followed.
The Carnegie Fund has been re-
quested TO finance this academy and
has agreed to do so on condition that
all powers want it. Fifteen countries
have signified their desire by unani-
nous vote.
AN attempt will be made 10 get the
Latin-American countries TO enter the
agreement, and after the peace palace
is opened Robert Bacon, former Ameri-
can Ambassador 20 France. viii meet
Mr.. Scott in Paris. and following their
conference Mr.. Bacon Will sail from
Lisbon on September 10 for a three
months visit to the Argentine Repub-
Tic, Brazil. Ecuador, Venezuela and the
Central American States, spending the
time in an endeavor 10 get these coun-
,-.:s 10 establish branch societies OF
the Carnegie movement. Chlh ~ al
ready in agreement, and Mexico VIII
not be visited on account OF the pres