Evening star., 1923-09-01
LAWYERS |ND0RSE
WORLD COURT PLAN
Hear Defense of Ruhr Inva.
Si0n-EIeCt Dallas Man
as President.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi. September l.
frances determination to hold the
Ruhr until Germany pays" was en-
phasized by Paul Mancel. advocate
seherai OF the court of appeals in
iaris, in an address at the annual
dinner marking the close of the Amer
lean Bar Association convention last
night
France is not begging" NJ Mancel
Sald. She does not even ask all that
Is due her. but she is tired of prom
lSeS ana OF words. 1t is "a question
OF life or death with her, and France
will live.
Plans No Conquest.
Not one Frenchman has imperialis-
Tie designs. not Il foot of land that is
not herS rightly does France desire
But We hold the Ruhr as a mortgage,
and We are determined to keep II
until we are paid. The French min
lStry that would actually withdraw
from the Ruhr now would be driven
out of office by public opinion"
Final action of the convention was
the transfer to Robert L. Lee Saner
tof Dallas. the new president, OF the
duties of that Office by John w. Davis
OF New York, retiring executive.
Adoption of a resolution urging
participation of the United States in
the Permanent Court of International
Justice at The Hague and the election
,o1 Sancr marked the closing session
ioi tn" associations forty-siXth annual
convention here yesterday.
The date of the next annual con-
Nention. and the convention city. will
be selected by the executive COM
mlttee at its midwinter meeting.
Officers Elected.
Other officers elected were: Frederick
T. NadhamS of Albany, " y re-
elected treasurer; w. Thomas Kemp.
baltimore, reelected secretary. and
members of executive committees
former Gov. Charles :. Whitman. New
York; Thomas W. Black burn, Omaha
William Il. Smith. Hartford. Conn (;
;. r.. Ellsworth. Jamestown. y. d.:
| ihomas w: Skelton, Norfolk. Va.
A. I. Stovall. Okolona, Miss. ;Gueruey
r. Nowlin. Los Angeles, and Fred A.
Brown. Chicago.
-, Mr. Saner was member of the
ieXas commission on uniform state
laws from 1920 to 1922 and was
tion in 1911
The resolution would have the
Ihlted states join the court on the
! basis set down in President Harding's 8
message to the Senate February "a.
1928. -
ephte on resolution.
n was introduced Thursday by
'torse W. Wlckersham. former At
tofney General, and was referred to
the executive committee then for
recommendation. after bar members
nad termed the issue involved "po-
litical"
When the committee presented the
resolution yesterday, with the recon-
mendation that it be adopted, a flood of
oratory Immediately was loosed. bur
hnally, on the motion to adopt. there
was only feeble opposition
The point of debate was on mo-
tion by Iilbarn r. Railey of Miami.
Fla. for amendment of the resolution
! 70 approve the principle of United
| states participation, leaving the form
10 the Coolidge administration. Mr..
talieyS attitude was supported by
David w: Hill of st. Louis and others.
! while Mr.. Wickersham. in urging
adoption of his original resolution,
had the backing of former Senator
Frank b. Kellogg and others
Principle IndOrsed.
There seemed agreement in the de-
bate yesterday that the issue was not
political, Mr.. Kellogg and others de-
claring the principle of participation
: had been indorsed by all parties and
all people"
Intimation that the court was a
step toward the league of nations
brought from Mr.. Kellogg the state
ment that they ARE about as related
as Booker T. Washington was to
George"
The convention also adopted a reso-
luton directing that the next annual
convention should he held in an
eastern seaboard city. and that i'm
mediately following it a special ses-
sion of the association should be held
in London. accepting an invitation Of
the English bar.