Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
ROOT TO PRESIDE
AT LAW INSTITUTE.
First Meeting in America of
International Body to
Open Tomorrow.

The first meeting in America of the
Institute of International Law is sched-
uled to open in New York at Briarcl1tf
Manor tomorrow and continue through
Friday of the following week.
Elihu Root. an honorary member,
will preside az the opening session at 3
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, and Nicho-
las Murray Butler, president of the
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. under the auspices of which the
institute has come to this country, will
deliver the address of welcome.
The meeting of the institute in this
country marks the first time it has held
a session on American soil since its or
ganization Sc years ago. 1t is COM
posed of authorities on international law
from every part of the world.
Founded in Client.
Founded in Client in 1873, it has met
SO times; six times each in Belgium and
Switzerland, five times in France, four
times each in England and Italy, three
times each in Germany, Holland and
Scandinavia, and once each in Austria
and Spain.
A meeting was scheduled for 1920 in
Washington, but was postponed. While
the institute is preponderantly Euro
its previous meetings in Europe, its Or
ganization was conceived in the brain of
a naturalized American citizen, Francis
Lieber, who fled, a political refugee,
from his native country, Germany Lie
Der was professor of political science in
Columbia College, now Columbia Uni
Versity.
The institute was founded as an ex-
clusively scientific association, without
official character. having for its object
to aid the growth of international law
1t is limited to 60 members and a like
number of associates.
Scientific Sessions.
A program of scientific sessions will
take place daily during the eight days
OF the meeting.
DR.. James Brown Scott, president of
the institute, will deliver special ad-
dress on Columbus day at a dinner at
the Briarcliff Lodge on THE Discovery
OF America and Its Influence Upon In
ternational Law"
The members of the institute in adj
dition to President Scott who will at
tend include:
Honorary MEMBERSHIP Thomas Bar
clay. Great Britain; John Bassett Moore,
United States, and Elihu Root, United
States.
Observation-Disclosures Alvarez Chile:
Charles Daniel Asser, Netherlands; Jules
Basdevant, France: Charles Jean Bar
thelemy de Boeck, France; Eugene
Borel. Switzerland; Philip Marshall
Brown, United States; Antonio S. de
Bustamante y Sirven. Cuba; Enrico
Catellani. Italy; Guilio Diena. Italy;
Prosper F'edozzi, Italy; Joaquin Fernan-
DEE Prida. Spain: Scipione Comma,
Italy; Gilbert Gidel, France: Alexander
Pearce Higgins, Great Britain; Sir Cecil
j. B. Hurst. Great Britain: M Kebebgy,
Greece; Albert de Lapradello, France:
Andre L. Mandelstam, Russia: Andre
MERCER, Switzerland; Leon Pierre Adrien
de Montluc, France; Alfred Nerincx,
Belgium; Baron Boris Nolde, Russia;
Vicomte Prosper Poullet, Belgium;
Boran Edouard Rolin-Jaequemyns.
Belgium; Walter Schucking, Germany;
Walter Simons, Germany; Georges
STREET, Greece; Leo Strisower, Austria;
James Vallotton D'Erlach. Switzerland:
Charles de Visscter, Belgium; Hans
Weinberg, Germany; George Grafton
Wilson, United States.
Associate Members.
Associate members: Raphael Altami-
Costa RIGA; Edwin M. Borchard,
United States; Arrigo Cavaglieri, Italy;
Miguel Cruchaga, Chile; Raphael
Waldemar Erich, Finland; Frederic r.
Coudert, United States; AXE Hammar-
skiold, Sweden; David Jayne Hill,
United States; Charles Cheney Hyde,
United States; Jean Rosters, Neither
lands; Herbert Kraus, Germany; Ernest
Lemonon, France; Ernest Mahaim,
Belgium; Demetre Negulesco, Rumania;
Jean Paulin Niboyet, France; Simon
Planas Suarez, Venezuela; Ridrigo
Octavio, Brazil; Francis Rey, Rumania;
Stelio Seferiades, Greece; Karl Strupp,
Germany; j. M. TriaS de Bes, Spain;
Alfred Verdross, Austria and Don Jose
de Yanguas Messia, Spain.
Among the American members are:
EliEu Root, John Bassett Moore, Prof.
Philip Marshall Brown of Princeton
University, Prof. George Grafton Wilson
of Harvard University, Prof. Edwin M.
Frederic r. Coudert of the New York
bar, DR.. David Jayne Hill, former
American Ambassador; Prof. Charles
Cheney Hyde of Columbia University
and Prof. Theodore S. Woolsey. pro-
fessor emeritus of Yale University.
DIR. Butler to Preside.
On the evening of October IS, the
members will be the guests of the
Peace at dinner at the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel at which DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler will preside. october 10 they
will be the guests of George w.
Wickersham, president of the University
Club; October 81 there will be a
luncheon in their honor at New York
University, Gould Memorial Library,
University Heights: at o'clock a re-
ception at Columbia University, and at
4.30. President and Mrs Nicholas Muir