Evening star., 1927-05-15
IDA GILBERT MYERS.

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS.
Rv Jackson Fl. Rafston, editor or
venezuelan Arbitrations of 1903,
etc. Stanford University Press.
-HE miracle Of modern means
OF communication, bringing all
narts Of the world within
speedy reach OF one another,
has served to reVolutlonlze
everv department of human aHalrs.
Month bv month these innumerapie
contacts set new problems INTO the
nnen for recognition and conSldera'
tion And since these problems f.s'
ing between nation and nation are
coming more and more to depend
For solution upon rational delibera-
tions in place of the old savage arbit-
rameut of war, international law Is
taL;nV on new scope and deeper sig
nificance. Like any other dlnlcult
and deeply involved body or iearhins
this subject also will stand as the
field of the specialist. SeVefthetess'
thanks largely to the press or the
country, this Is the period or all otheIs
In which knowledge is widely uinused.
Bv reason of this there are surface
LAYERS Of international relationships
under the law to whose seizure ana
comprehension even the average man
NAV aspire. One is impressed with
this highly important fact through
the relative simplicity Of the study
in hand. through it's general freedom
from purely technical treatment
However. this is primarily vol
ume for the student OF international
law. in it's legal essence and In tue
procedure of international courts.
Revised from an earlier work and
substantially enlarged by way OF the
march of events, international III
character, since the great war TINS
study claims to be but another step
in the present rapidly changing STU
alton between nation and nation.
Here is a survey of the Permanent
Court of International Justice, rune
tioning regularly at The Hague:
Here are descriptions and analyses OF
various lesser courts rising out or
the Treaty of Versailles. of the Mixed
Commission between the United
States and Germany. of other COM
missions bent upon boundary settle
ments and other nations OF lnterna-
tionaf concern and possible dispute.
To the subject of treaties and their
Interpretation the author has given
definite attention, not only by way OF
examination and definition, but. better
still, by way of many concrete cases
in point, so that about every conceiv-
able aspect of this instrument OF con-
cord among nations Is here brought
into the open. The same general sur
vey and special investigation are
given to the purpose and formation
and conduct of the commission as
another means of international inter
course looking upon reciprocal under
standing and settlement. To each of
these instrumentalities the author
gives deep and fully informed atten-
ton in it's every aspect and applica-
ton. Drawing from a great body of
original information bearing upon the
theme i'm it's entirety this author offers
a scholarly and expert study for the
| use Of the legal profession. for the
students of international history, for
those who desire information upon
such Of our own domestic affairs as
reach out beyond the national bound
ary.
Acknowledging his clear debt to
the Carnegie Peace Foundation in the
production of this important study
Mr.. Ralston offers 1t to the public as
study OF. human progress toward in
ternational understandings that are
based upon the fine foundation of
legal procedure in its development up
to the present time.
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by 0. Latham Hatcher, Pr. D.
Richmond: Southern Woman's
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ECHO ANSWERS. BY Elswyth
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