The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-25
j. s. LAWYERS.
To COOPERATE
WITH LEAGUE
Hughes to Name Committee
to Help codify Inter
national Law

Cooperation with the committee
OF experts on international law ad-
visory to the League Of Nations
was pledged by the American
Society of international Law at its
closing business session today at
the New Willard Hotel.
A special committee OF the
society will be formed to suggest
to the league experts topics which
it believes are deserving of inter-
national legislation.
Collection OF such recommends.
-tions from various learned societies
is being made by the Geneva ex-
perts preparatory to the codifica-
eion Of international law.
To Name Committee.
The executive council Of the
American Society of international
Law approved the following fea-
lures FOR its cooperation: A spe-
ciaI committee OF five or seven
members, who will be appointed by
the president, Charles E. Hughes,
will draft the recommendations
which will be submitted to the
council not later than September l.
President Hughes is then to call
a special meeting of the council not
later than September &c, and a
report on its final decision is to be
in Geneva by October Is.
The decision to cooperate with
the League Of Nations experts was
pointed out by lawyers attending
the session as providing, in reality,
for the unofficial expression of the
leading American iurists on matters
that they would like to see embodied
in the leagues international legal
code.
Hughes Reelected
Former Secretary OF State Charles
Evans Hughes was reelected presi-
dent of the society and was given a
big ovation when he resumed the
chair. Elihu Root was again named
honorary president.
The following were elected honor
airy vice presidents:
Simeon e. Baldwin, Charles Henry
Butler, Frederic r. Coudert, Jacob
M. Dickinson, George Gray, Charles
Noble Gregory, Harry Pratt Judson,
Robert Lansing, .sohn Bassett
Moore, oscar S. Straus. George
Sutherland. William Howard Taft,
George Grafton Wilson and Theo-
dore s. Woolsey.
The following were named active
vice presidents:
James Brown Scott, David Jayne
Hill and Chandler P. Anderson.
Nelson Elected To Council.
Among those elected to the
executive council for three years
is Fred K. Nelson, of the State
Department. Others elected are w.
w. Willoughby, Hollis r. Bailey,
Harry A. Garfield, Frank E. Hinck-
ley, Charles Cheney Hyde, Edwin
B. Parker, Pitman B. Potter.
Professor Philip Marshall Brown,
Of Princeton University, replied to
protests ELECTED by his criticism
Of the Jews yesterday, saying his
statement was misunderstood, and
ing on the patriotism of the Jews
or any other citizens of this coun-
try.
Protest Browns Criticism.
Professor Brown received a tele-
gram from Morris Mendelsohn,
commander-inchief of the Jewish
Veterans of Wars of the Republic.
which stated news reports of your
statement Questioning Jewish pat
riotism in America If correctly quo
ted are absolutely false. Though
only 8 per cent of the population
5 per cent served the coIors with
honor in the world war. Civil war
and Spanish war in like proper
ton"
Professor Brown Immediately tele-
graphed his explanation to Mr..
Mendelshon.
On recommendation Of Professor
George G. Wilson. Henri Froma-
CERT, legal adviser to the French
government, was elected an honor
ArV nnannhar Of tho cnninA,r