The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-30
BAR ENDORSES
CONFERENCE
OF NATIONS
Aim to Clarity Rules Con.
cerning Principles of In
ternatiOnal Law
H NCIL VIEWS
Committee on International
Law Makes No Recon-
mendati0ns
RECONCILE VIEWS
(By the Associated Press.)

Minneapolis, Aug. 30.-Action by
the American Bar association endors-
ing the idea Of calling a new confer
ence Of nations in continuation
Of two former conferences ut
.he Hague in efforts to clar-
commended in the report of the Com
mittee on International Law at to-
days S session of the American Bar
association.
1T would not seem to be a matter
Of serious doubt that much may be
accomplished in the direction of Gre
ating and preserving harmonious re-
lations between nations and toward
The reduction Of causes Of interna-
tional disagreements, II the princi-
pies of international law should re-
ceive consideration at = new confer
ence of the nations in accordance
with recommendations oy the COM
mittee Of jurists assembled at The
Hague in 1920" the report read.
The purposes of the suggested new
conference would be to restate the
established rules of international
law, especially in the frst instance
in the fields affected by the events
Of the world war; to formulate and
agree upon the amendments and ad-
ditions. if any, to the rules of inter-
national life and intercourse which
have followed the war; to endeavor
to reconcile divergent views and Sc
cure general agreement upon the
rules which have been in dispute
heretofore; to consider the subjects
not new adequately regulated by in
ternAtional law, but a. to which the
interests Of international justice re-
quire that rules Of law shall be de.
clared and accepted.
The committee refrained from
making any recommendations con-
corning Permanent Court Of Inter-
LRatipnal Justice. At the 1922 meet
ing of the association it was instruct
ed to formulate such amendments or
changes in the statute which now
constitutes the court, which in the
judgment of the committee might
make it possible for the United
States to accept it.
Citizenship Rsport.
Conditions demand continuation
and extension of service on behalf
Of better citizenship in the United
States, H. E. L. Saner, of Dallas, told
the American Bar association in Civ.
ing the report Of the associations
committee on American Citizenship.
Mr.. Saner said:
ut is stated on competent author
ity that there are 100000 radicals
ity that ther care 100000 radicals
in this country who are clamoring
for change in the nature of our
government from its present form
to one Of various degrees Of COM
munistic state. It is said there are
400 newspapers and periodicals. that
represent similar views, and that are
read regularly by 100000 people. It
is also said that 100000 was spent
during the past year In behalf Of
Red propaganda.
I'VE submit that the time has
come when smembers Of the bar
should bestirvthemselves in q unified
effort to meet this challenge. Such
unified activity has, as matter Of
fact, been already too long delayed.
thinking men see at the present
time the issue being very clearly
drawn in our country between sta
bility and radicalism; between the
forces OF real progress and retro
grsssion; between government un-
der q written constitution as estab-
iished by our fathers and a govern
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