Evening star., 1927-08-07
U.S.LAWMAKERS WILL JOIN.
ININTERNATIONAL FARLEY
Members of Congress Will Participate in
Paris Conference for Codification Of
Principles to Preserve Peace.

scheduled for discussion on the agenda
of the conference are: =,
"The Fight Against Drugs of Addf-
ton" led by DIR. Jaroslav Brabec, a
Czechoslovakian Senator, who is pres
dent of the CzechoSlovakian group;
the System of Customs Agreements
Between Countries of Europe" led by
DR.. NJ. w. +. Treub. former minister
of finance for Holland, and the Tech.
nical Plan of the Reduction of Arma-
ments," led by Herr Munich, former
minister of defense. Denmark; NJ.
Maxence Bible, French deputy; Herr
Sollmann, member of the German
Reichstag. former minister of the In
terror, and DIR. l.. n. Deckers, member
of the second chamber of the States
general, Netherlands.
The resolution regarding the codi-
| fication of international law, which are
to be presented for discussion in the
| name of the permanent committee for
| judicial questions. calls for this Twen-
| ty-fourth Interparliamentary Confer.
ence to warmly support the recom-
mendation, and records the wish that
a first conference on public interna-
| tional law be summoned as soon as
| possible, and that all states, whether
members or not of the League. be
invited to participate in it, with a
view to giving practical and tangible
effect to the highly important work
! of the committee of experts for the
progressive codification of interna-
| tional law
| 1t declares that such codifcation
| is important and urgent. and that
through it 1.-The fragrant injustices and
| numerous uncertainties which Charac-
terize international law in its present
state would be eliminated and that
a stable and generally accepted basis
would then be created for the solution
of international disputes in the SUI,
preme interests of peace"
| 1t is proposed that the committee of
experts of the League of Nations
| shall be made permanent and urged
| to pursue studies with a view to pre-
| pairing fresh preliminary draft con-
ventions on other chapters of public
| and international law. 1t suggests
the work of the committee be co-ordi-
| mated with the work of other compe-
| tent institutions, especially with that
of the Pan-American Union. =
| U.w Resolution -
| 1t Is proposed that the conference
recall the international law resolution
voted by the twenty-third conference
in Washington and Ottawa in 1928
| and recommends the drafting of a
general synthetic plan of codificatiOn
of public and international law to
be presented at the twenty-fifth cop-
| ference of the Interparliamentary
! Union. In this new draft, contrary to
the traditional division of interna-
tional law into the law of peace and
| the law of war, it is recommended
that war shall be regarded solely as
crime against international faE
with the exception, however, of the
right of legitimate defense, and must
consequently include, in addition to
positive law, rules intended to secure
the law of peace-such as friendly ar
rangements, mediation, Cancellation.
arbitration and resort to international
| jurisdiction-as well as rules relating
to the ultimate execution of decisions
| reached. ..S
1t must be understood that all of
this Is preliminary to the proposed
third Hague peace conference, In
which the United States is eager 10
participate. Its Importance is empha-
sized in report by the House com.
mittee on foreign affairs, which says
that mo greater contribution to world
order can be made by the United
states than the concept of an asso-
citation of all free nations, equal and
sovereign, dealing directly with one
another in free and independent con.
ference at The Hague for the judicial
settlement of international contro-
versies by persuasion and the appIi-
cation of justice without the exercise
of force" ~