The Washington times., 1924-07-19
BAR DELEGATES
To Convene
MONDAY
L lawyers Convention So BIZ
II VIII Not Try to Discuss
Legal Matters
BY LUTHER Al. HUSTON.
international News seryiee.

the limited states ana NhHttuh III
vaded London today for the annual
Injecting Of the American Bar Asso
caition, which will open formally
on Monday. They will be guests Of
the English bar during All Of next
week.
This meeting OF the American
Bar Association. the first that ever
has been held outside the United
States or Canada. will be uniQue II
that IL win follow no fixed program
OF discussion Of important legal
questions. Rather Il win be Huge
holiday on which the visiting law.
yers win follow e widely diversi.
fled program 81 entertainment
mapped out BY leaders of the Brit
inh bar.
The visit cf the American law.
yers has been called the 5000, 0O0
trip, an II IS estimated that Il viii
cost that much Tor them to make
the journey.
The number Of those coming q
30 great that all idea Of q confer.
ence has HAD to be abandoned, =
said j. Leonard Crouch, secretary
Of the British committee In charge
simply impossible for ii to be done.
30 ali talking about international
legal matters WIN have to be done
over the dinner table. The whole
thing viii be purely social, and no
business win be transacted"
Great interest Is being taken here
IN the fact that Charles Evans
Hughes. the United States Secre-
tary Of State. IL q member Of the
American delegation. Although
Secretary Hughes visit Is unofficial,
= Il anticipated that he will make
the acquaintance. ct least, even II
ne does not confer with them FOR.
mally. Of Ramsay Macdonald. The
prime minister, and otller high offl.
Gals Of the Rritish government.
Fete On Tomorrow.
The weak or entertainment win
really begin tomorrow, with spe.
cial services for the visiting law.
yers In three Of London's great
nAthedrais. Special reservations
have been made to accommodate q
large Number 81 visitors at west.
minister Abbey tomorrow morning,
while similar arrangements will
prevail at st. Paul's cathedral and
the Westminster Cathedral.
The first event Of the official
program on Monday win be the
welcome on behalf Of the
English lawyers and the Canadian
Bar Association In historic West.
minister hall at 1890 o'clock. The
encouragement OF Great Britain
and the president OF the law so
ciety viii present the guests to the
Lord High Chancellor and the
leading judges OF the English bench
and the Lord High Chancellor will
deliver addresses Of welcome.
In the afternoon Lord and Lady
Phillimore win entertain the dele.
gates at garden party, and In the
evening banQuets win be given nj
the Inner Temple, the Middle Tenn.
pie, Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn and
the Law Society. These are the
great organizations OF lawyers, to
one Of which all barristers must
be accredited before they can prac.
tice law in England.
Tuesdays schedule will open with
reception Ct Crewe House, at
which Frank B. kellogg, the
American Ambassador, and Mrs,
kellogg win be hosts. Mrg Kellogg
is former president OF the Ameri.
can Bar Association and is taking
q keen interest in the visit OF his
erstwhile colleagues.
In the evening q special service
will be held in Temple Church, the
historic edifice where generations
Of English lawyers have wor-
shipped. Dinners win be given
at the same inns and temples as
on Monday night, except that there
win be rotation Of the guests.
Tribute win be paid on Wednes-
day to the greatest exponent Of
law, as practiced by the English
speaking nations, when q memorial
to Blackstone, presented by the
American Bar Association, will be
unveiled in the central hall Of the
Royal Courts Of Justice. Two gar.
cen parties will, be given in the
afternoon-one at Lincoln's Inn
and the other at Gray's Inn. The
Lord Mayor and the Corporation of
the City of London win give a re-
ception and banquet at the historic
Guildhall on Wednesday night. Re-
ceptions also win be given on the
same evening by the mayor Of
Westminster at Caxton Hall and
by the University of London at the
Imperial Institute.
Royalty to Receive.
Thursday win see the climax Of
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