The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

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the last evening Of the congress.
After the FIRST day the nine sections
will meet separately. to outline the
work Of their sub sections. Through
out the remainder OF the meeting these
sub sections. will conduct their dis
cusslons independently In different
parts OF the city. II is estimated that
more than 1000 papers will BIO read
during the conference ON subjects
ranging from problems OF everyday
life to the latest developments Of mod
ern science. Since delegates will be
here from countries where French,
Spanish, Portuguese and English are
the common languages and in order
that none may lose any OF what Is
said, corps Of interpreters has been
engaged. s]
J Much Of the planning Of the social
events scheduled for tho two weeks
has been done under the direction OF
Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife Of the sec
rotary Of state who heads women's
auxiliary committee OF 100 women
prominent In social affairs Of WASH
ington and other cities.
Many Luncheons.
Besides the opening reception Mon
day night there willsbe luncheons and
afternoon receptions at the home OF
Secretary Lansing and Mrs. Lansing
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Decem-
Der. 20 and 20; a reception, at the
Smithsonian Institution on Wednes-
dag. evening. December 20; a reception
by the Chilean. ambassador December
80; a night at the theater Friday, De-
cember 81; Q. reception by the gov
erning board at the Pan-American
building Saturday night January Il;
the Pan-American reception at the
White House, Friday night, January
q, and the farewell banquet the next
evening.
Arrangements also have been made
for excursions to Fort Myer, Annap-
oils. Mount Vernon and perhaps to
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and New York.
Special services will be held at many
Of the churches.
Eighteen Of the twenty-one repub-
lies have organized associations sub
scribing to the principle Of codified in-
ternational law, and have sent del
egates who will take part in the de-
alterations OF the Pan-American In-
stitu.e OF International Law. This
will be the inaugural meeting Of the
institute. The governing board Of the
;Pan-American Union has adopted at
the suggestion OF Ambassador Suarez,
a resolution rendering the founders
and members Of the institute vote
of COMMUNICATION and announcement.
When he offered the resolution re-
Gently the ambassador said:
"As my colleagues. are undonbted-
ly aware. in October, 1912. the foun-
dations were laid in Washington for
an organization Of a most interesting
character. There was born into the
realms of,scientific life the American
Institute Of International Law, the
object Of which is, briefly stated, to
combine and utilize through a central
organization in Washington and the
cooperation Of affiliated or corre-
spending associations In all the other
American nations, the intellectual ef-
forts Of jurists and thinkers OF the
continent for the development Of in
ternational law. the generalization Of
Its principles and the adoption Of a
common standard to ensure the en-
forcement Of law and Justice among
the countries Of the new world. The
corresponding or affiliated associa-
tons have already been organized in
eighteen out Of the twenty-one Amer
lean republics, and steps are being
taken to constitute the other three.
Law Of All Nations.
international law is not the pat
rimony of a single nation. It is the
law Of all nations, and must therefore
be formed and assented to by all, and
thus the cooperation Of nations is es-
sential to its enactment or amend
ment. Hence the enormous import
arce Of an organization having q brain
and voice In every one Of the ma
tons Of America. whose action must
be the fruit Of continental thought.
Such an organization embodies. I
believe. one Of the most powerful
auxiliaries for progress and civiliza-
ton in the Americas, and for the per-
manent maintenance Of peace from
one end to the other Of their frontiers.
Such an organization deserves, with
out doubt, the good will Of the peoples
and governments OF the continent,
which we represent here"