The New York herald., 1922-08-10
British Barrister Makes Plea
at American Bar Ass0cia-
tion Convention.
LOYALTY TO LAW A TIE
Comradeship Of English Speak
ing People Must Go On For
ever, Assembly Told.

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Press).--A plea that the members OF
the Anglo American race must be COM
rades forever waS made tonight at the
convention of the American Bar AS
ISOLATION by Lord Shaw of Dunfermline.
representative of the bar of Great
| Britain at the sessions.
| Lord Shaw based his plea for COM
radeship on "a common loyalty to law"
and called for the abolition OF the
ancient grudge' He paid high tribute
to American statesmen, including Lin
coin, Washington, President Harding,
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow VIII
| son, and characterized Elihu Root as
''the Grotius Of America"
Tho call for unity came at the end
of lengthy. address in which the Eng
| lish' -barrister discussed many technical
| points of, laws which the nations OBJ
served In common. He touched briefly
| on the breakdown of Russia and ad-
vised the legal profession in this country
to keep in touch with the ground Of
common sense"
Union for Service.
.Ifumanity lies bleeding and stricken"
he said. "The hand OF war and the hand
OF the doctrinaire who knows not JUS
tice lie like a curse. We think of the
union of the English speaking race. not
| for its own sake, but for the service
| that lies to It's hand--to stanch wounds,
! to redress wrongs. to remove expressions
! and teach men a new and better way for
body and soul.
| 1--WE men of the Anglo-American race
must be comrades forever. | know no
palmer call to the comradeship Of right
eousness than common loyalty to law
| My appeal to you is that the ancient
grudge should go forever, and that the
ancient comradeship should be renewed
and repledged forever.
EDO not think we on the other side
are not aware OF and sympathetic with
you in those constitutional difficulties
with which YOU are confronted. We
know the fulminations Of Jefferson
| against alliances, we knew the power OF
| the written Constitution, not only over
your minds but most deservedly over
| your hearts. 1t will be the highest task
| of your craftsmanship to evolve out OF
| the citizenship OF America something
| which. honoring and conserving 1t. VIII
yet give it lofty place in the citizen
| ship of the world.
II reckon the conference of Washing
1 ton to have been greater than CONFER
| ence and the five Power naval agree
ment and the four Power pact for the
| Pacific Ocean, the one with it's real, IN
slant and definite limitation or arna-
ments, the other turning possibly this
/ great ocean into a vast Pacific reserve.
| l reckon these things to be sensible
mitigation OF the fears of humanity,
| sensible contribution to the peace and
progress of mankind. We heartily bear
| in mind the services and achievements
| of America in the world cause and the
firm and practical, statesmanship OF its
President and Secretary OF State.
Man Above Consultation.
.sThe best among you probably look
| back to the later fifties and the early
sixties-sthat trying ordeal for your citi-
| zenship. Then il was that the law Of
| status and the law of the Constitution
| had to be coordinated and that under
| the higher planes of liberty and the
rights OF man. Lowell puts the old view
which the older legality could always
defend: Here ] stand ON the Consttu
| ton. by thunder
"These were defensible propositions in
| tho mouth OF n mere lawyer. a mere
4 constitutionalist mere politician. and
| Lincoln was patient with them. But
| when to yield to them would have been
! to rive in twain the American Common
wealth. then his heart. always true.
| cleared his vision, and he seemed TO
stitutions; that the law was made for
man and not man for the law.
From, every disorganized quarter OF
/ the globe this rich land becomes ref
uge in which, to Its astonishment, right
becomes a real possession. maintained
unfalteringly between the highest and
the lowest. the richest and the poor
est. and the appeal to law Is itself
| right universal.
when the superior in position, in in
huence, In numbers, IN adherents or IN
rank takes the law into his own hands.
/ then the insistence of the domination OF
| force over reason is promptly illustrated,
/ and the private wrong calls aloud for
| legal redress.
"a new fear Is a, the heart OF man.
kind at this hour. 1t is connected with
| the advance Of science Never since the
world began had force. brutality and
anarchy such an opportunity. War,
with all It's sacrifice, has not been too
dear if II open the eyes OF mankind to
tho appalling gravity Of continuing W.
the worship OF force and Of further de-
| flying the governance OF reason. a new
era opens to mankind"
The annual convention OF the Amerl-
can Bar Association was called TO order
to-day by Cordeniso a. Severance Of
st. paul. it's president William How
ara IdlN, 1HicA VI Aht oibtth
states. and Vice-P President Calvin Coo
lidge were on, the platform. Among
the distinguished visitors attending was
Henri Aubepin, representative OF the
French bar
A telegram from President Harding
was read. Ii said In part There meyer
was a time when our country, indeed
the whole world. stood more In need Of
clear visioned comprehension OF the
problems which confront human institu-
tions. ] cannot refrain from urging
upon your association the importance
OF considering these problems in the
light of the broadest perception of their
human bearing. Those who would fully
serve their fellows have need FOR tho
fullest measure OF Intellectual honesty.
together with courage TO dare greatly.
To whom better than you. learned IN
the law, understanding its unending cvo-
iutons, should the community turn for
guidance and help IN trying times7"
A message Of fclicitation was also re-
ceved from Lord Birkonhead, Lord
Chancellor OF England.
Gov. William d. Stephens in his well
coming address discussed what he
termed the peculiar need for stringent
immigration laws TO bar Orientsls.
!, proposal before the judicial section
by Judge Curtis ~. Wilbur advocating
abolition OF laws which permit pleas OF
insanity as defense IN murder cases
aroused much discussion to-day. Judge
Wilbur proposed that after conviction q