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later returned to Buenos Aires as
Counselor to the Embassy.
Judge Moore represented his
country at the Fourth Pan-Amer- Z
lean Conference, which simultane-
ously held its meetings in the ex-
traordinarily brilliant setting Of |
the Centennial, which brought to .
Buenos Aires many people Of
world renown, some of whom, like
Clemenceau, We're afterwards call
ed upon to fill lasting pages ia the
history of the world.
This recollection having brought
vividly to mind the warm welcome
given to Judge Moore by this illus
trious Faculty, I ventured to ask
him for an autographed portrait
as evidence of his cordial feelings
for this institution. and this i the
one / am presenting today to the
Argentine institute of Internati9n-
al Law.
Judge Moore's life has been oe-
cupied with activities Of four diff
ferent natures, all clearly defined
but all intimately correlated with
one another.
In the first place there is the in
tense, prolonged and useful work
he performed at various posts in
the Department of State il Wash
ington from 1885 to 1915.
Secondly. we have his consider
able work as a publicist, which 50
far represents more than 80 vol
umes. He is at present working
on volume Is of his latest work on
, arbitration.
Thirdly, John Bassett Moore
held the chair Of International
Law and Diplomacy at Columbia
University from 1891 to 1924, with
love, devotion and zeal that does
I honor to him and to the Univer-
: sity that appointed him.
/ And finally we have the innum-
5 cradle activities Of Judge Moore
at international conferences and
: tribunals, either representing his
: government, as was the case in
E the Argentine in 1910 or in Chile
: when he was appointed special
f plenipotentiary for the celebration
! of the centennial that same year
and, later on, as delegate to the
e Commission of Jurists that was
a charged with codifying American
: International Law at Rio de jan
: eiro, as delegate to the Pan-Amer-
: lean Financial Congress held in
5 Washington in 1915, of which he
t was Vice President, or when as
f Ambassador Extraordinary of his
: country he presided over one OF
|. the international conferences al
S The Hague from 1922 to 1928, OF
else as charter member of the
q Permanent Court of Arbitration a
o The Hague in 1912 and as a Judge
y of the Permanent Court of Inter
h national Justice from 1921 to 1928
g when he resigned.
But it is evident that, as reflect
r ed in his works, Judge Moore
10 greatest contribution to the sun
le total of the foreign policy of tn
n United States was made in tn
: State Department. It is no exag
10 geration to say that, all in all, hi
n life represents the contemporar
is history of the foreign relations c
IA that country, as he started hi
in career in 1885 during the Grove
u Cleveland administration and Will
n Thomas F. Bayard was Secretar
q of State, soon becoming Third A.
r sistant Secretary of State, an
ut thus taking part in the work the
IN led to the first American Interns
= tional Conference called by Blair
in Washington in 1889 and afte
- wards held almost without inte
- ruption until the Wilson admin
- tration in 1915.
Ior In order to be able to apprec
Ia ate at its true value the impor
ar ance of the work done by Juds
al Moore, it is not superfiuous to r
he call, even if briefly, some facts r
no garding the American State D
,ul partment.
of Before the Constitution hs
tly been ratified, the legislative al
lg- executive powers of the COVER
of ment were exercised by the Fede
Of al Congress. Hence the existen
ep- in ITS, among the various cor
nd missions of the Continental Co
ars Continued on Page Three)