Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-29
.EL|HU ROOT AGAIN i
HEADS LEGAL BODY
Former Senator Is Reelected
President of International
Law Society.
ADJOURNS TO MEET HERE
LAST WEEK IN APRIL. II
Fifteen Resolutions Submitted BY
the Committee on Study and
Teaching Are Adopted.

Elihu Root was reelected president
of the American Society of Interna-
tional Law at the closing session Of
that organization. held in the Shoreham
Hotel this morning. The entire ticket
as submitted by the committee on nom
nations was unanimously adopted just
prior to the motion to adjourn. The
next meeting of the society will be held
here during the last week in April
1917.
John Bassett Moore and senator
Henry c. Lodge were the new additions
to the list of vice presidents of the So
ciety, and John Barrett was elected r.
the executive council. to serve until
1919. to fill the vacancy created in that
body by the departure of Senator
Lodge. David Jayne Hin was elected
to the council to serve until 1918, with
these exceptions the ticket of the pre-
vious year was reelected.
The first hour of the session was de-
voted to a consideration of the report
of the committee on the study and
teaching of international law. Prof.
George q. Wilson, who read the report,
ted fifteen resolutions for the action Of
the assembled members. The report
emphasized the need of adequate and
systematic training in international
law and related subjects. conducted in a
scientific manner and without partisan
or other prejudice.
1t was recommended that the number
of schools at which such courses are
given he increased: that prominent ex-
perts in international law be invited to
MI at he
institutions where such courses are
given; that the teaching of the subject
be standardized in far as is practi-
cable: that means be found to afford
such assistance as may be necessary to
the teaching staff of the institutions
concerned: and that summer courses in
international law be held at universe
ties having summer schools.
The report of the committee and the
fifteen resolutions involved were unani-
mously accepted and passed by the
society.
Warning Against Affiliations.
A warning against Affiliations with
any propaganda was voiced by James
Brown Scott, who had previously an
nounced the receipt of $1,000 from the
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. to be appropriated for such use
as the standing committee on the study
and teaching of international law
deemed advisable. Mr.. Scott said that
were such affiliations INDUCED in the
days of the usefulness of the society
would be numbered.
The committee on membership re-
ported that the total number of mem
bers of the society at the present time
is 1,629.
The society celebrates tonight its
tenth anniversary with a banquet. at
which Secretary Lansing, Judge George
Gray, David Jayne Hill, Prof George
Kirchwey and others will speak. MIR.
Root will be POSTMASTER.
Submarine warfare upon commerce
was denounced by an array of the
prominent jurists yesterday afternoon
before the society. Concluding a two
day program of addresses on aues-
tions relating to the European war
most of the speakers earnestly favored
restricting use of the submarine and
other new war agencies to established
legal bounds rather than modification
of the international code in their favor
Lively Talk on Submarines.
Present and future conduct of sub
marine warfare was the principal topic
of a lively session this afternoon.
Prof. Jesse s Reeves of the University
of Michigan criticised alleged changes
in the American position regarding
armed merchantmen. Several admins
tration officials, including Assistant
Secretary Phillips of the State Depart
ment and Solicitor General Davis were
among the audience. but took no part
in the informal discussion.
Prof. Raleigh {. Minor of the Cniver-
sity of Virginia presented at length his
conclusion that submarines should he
prevented by law from warning upon
commerce. THE submarine. by its very
structure is unable to meet the indis-
pensable conditions of international
law he said. 1T would be impossible
to modify these conditions without Nio-
lating the fundamental principles upon
which international law is based aud
modification would be a backward step
toward pristine conditions of barbar-
ism. Disarmament of merchantmen
would make it easy for an uuscrupu-
louS adversary secretly to creep upon
defenseless victim.
War is destructive enough and IL
would be deplorable If the laws of war
were altered in the direction of greater
destructivenesS.
Restriction of Submarines.
Admitting that submarines and mines
have a legitimate use in modern war
fare Prof. Amos s. Hershey of the In-
diana University. said their use should
be mainly or substantially for defen-