The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
NOTED GATHERING
PLANS TO DISCUSS
WORLD POLITICS
Eongress Of Thinkers
Will Hold Second Ses-
T: Esions Next Month.
200 WILL ATTEN D
washington to Lend Many
Speakers to Williams
College Session.

q fwILLIAMsrowN. Mass. July %.


MANY men well known IN the ON
kneta( life of the National Capital will
tARe.an important share In the second
session Of the Institute Of Politics
which begins q months study Of for
eign affairs on Friday. July 2s at
Williams College
Six washingtonians will be leaders
Of round-table conferences through
nut August. They are DR.. Leo s.
Rowe. director general. Pan American
sistant Secretary of the Treasury: w.
8. culbertson, vice chairman Of the
= y. s. Tariff Commission: Walter 8.
Rogers. DIR. Alfred L. p. Dennis and
szDr. Stanley X. Hornbeck; and Col.
|-SLAvrence Martin viii be ofdcial
geographer for the institute.
Enrolled from the Diplomatic Corps
are DR.. Bedrich Stepanek. Czecho-
Jslovak Minister: Stephen Panaretoff.
y Bnfgarian Minister and DR.. Felipe A
Espil. counselor of the Argentine.
AIRY and Navy Delegates
The navy representatives. are. Ad-
miral H F. Huse Of the general
slecard; Admiral w. L. Rogers, Rear
= Adp1iral Austin M. Knight. Capt
Frank H. Schofield also of the gen.
( krL board. Com. r. A. Koch and
31Eofns; Forde A. Todd; army. Brig.
Gen. Harry A. Smith OF the War
College; Col George s. Simonds, Col
William K Naylor. Col Stanley d.
Embick. Lieut. Col. Upton Birnie. jr.;
i Lieut.. Col Walter c. Sweeney. Mai.
sSherman Miles, of the military in
telffSence division. and Margaret de
= Forest Hicks also of the intelli-
.gence division
- Residents of Washington included
in the membership are Henry T.
Hunt. former mayor of Cincinnati.
ohio: Mrs. Helen Hay Greeley,
'elawyer; Miss Eliza r. Xcidmore. we'll
y known authoress; Arthur Ramsey.
/" principal OF the Fairmont School; !;
Thomas W. Sidwell. principal of Sid
xelfs Friends School; Marie Boynton.
lecturer on current events; Ethel NJ
! Champion. Department of Commerce;
- Frederick ]. Libbey. National Coun-
uG ell for Reduction of Armaments; Prof.
4 Miller d. Steever and Prof. Richard
S. Harvey.
Speakers From Europe.
In all some 800 academic leaders.
authors. lawyers. business men and
hsh-ranking officers of the army and
navy. assembled from twenty-six
States will be included in the member
ship. International affairs will again
- be the general topic for discussion
! . and study by this novel Congress OF
- Thinkers" Speakers from Great Brit
sssfn. France. Japan. Austria and
will be the chief lecturers.
each giving six public addresses
throughout the session. which con-
tinues to August IS.
OF the fourteen round-table con-
ferences one will be under the
chairmanship Of David F. Houston.
former Secretary of the Treasury.
acting jointly with Paul NJ. War
burg, of New York City: DR.. Harry
A Garfield. chairman of the insti-
tate, has lately announced. Their
subject will be The Rehabilitation
Europe" Other round-table
Headers of the highest distinction
A are. DR.. Stanley K Hornbeck: of the
~ Department of State; David p. Bar
f%rows. president of the University of
California; w. S. Culbertson, vice
.schairman of the United States Tariff
and Rear Admiral Aus
tin NJ. Knight, retired
1zz ft-fs in these round-table confer
.ences that the members of the In
--stitute of Politics carry on the real
A>work of the session. The round
ekables are all led by Americans and
every member Is privileged to at
tend at least one. Meeting three
and four times a week through Au-
sssgust. each conference delves deeply
into all the most authoritative
/ books and documents relating to
fsfthei-subject in hand. prepares sub
Committee reports and conducts
hard-fought debate with the chair
man of the table as parliamentary
leader of the discussion. not as its
lietstor.
Study Boundary Disputes.
OF the fourteen conferences three
will deal with economic questions
now arising in Europe, three with
Problems of the Pacific and the Far
-East,- two with Latin America, two
with unsettled questions Of interna-
-H6fal law and two with problems
of the British Empire. One will be
devoted to boundary disputes of
Eastern and Southern Europe and
one to international journalism and
ezkabiss and radio services.
On recommendation by the late
yiscount Bryce, made shortly be-
fore the great British statesman's
death. Lionel Curtis, secretary OF
the lecturer from England. Ray
mond Recouly. of Paris, will de-
scribe the European Situation as
Seen by a Journalist" DR.. Josef
Redlich. former Austrian minister
Of Finance. just returned from
Vienna. will discuss "Austria's
Present Condition" DIR. Rikitaro
Fujisawa. of the Imperial Univer-
sity of Tokyo. will represent Japan,
and in this year of Brazirs great
centennial celebration his excel
lency. Manoel de Oliveira Lima, for
-mer ambassador to Great Britain
and Japan. will speak on Modern
Brazil"
Tho members of the Institute
even including hve college presi.
dents, will be provided with living
,xsccQmmodations in the dormitories
8 Of Williams College and. will dine
together in the great hall 'of the
college commons
= Bernard N. Baruch, of New York
City, Is again supplying funds tc
! cover the expense of the session and
the only charge to members fs q
nominal registration fee.
2 Sixty New Radio Towers.