Smyrna times., 1949-04-28
TELLS OF LIFE
OF ]. B. MOORE
Prof. Jos. p. Chamberlain Ad-
dressed u. of ID. Audience
Friday Night
INFLUENCED BY WAR

can member of the first World f
Court, played a major role in shap-
ing his mind and character in pre-
paration for his shaping, in turn,
of international law, Professor JOS
eph P. Chamberlain of Columbia
University. told an audience at the
University of Delaware Friday
night.
Prof. Chamberlain, whose list
eners' included faculty, students
and members of the Delaware bar,
was introduced by Judge Paul
Leahy of the U. S. District Court.
Vice-chancellor Collins ]. Seitz
presided. On the subject of Inter
national Justice Under Law AS
Conceived by John Bassett Moore,
the lecture was the second of a SER
les on Delaware subjects sponsored
by the Institute of Delaware His
tory and Culture.
Judge Moore, born in Smyrna on
the eve of the Civil War, was
greatly influenced by the war and
reconstruction, which strengthen
ed his faith in the indestructible
union of indestructible states and
his conviction that means other
than war should be found for settl-
ing disputes among nations" said
Professor Chamberlain.
The speaker quoted an address
by Judge Moore at the commence
ment of Delaware College in 1900,
in which he made particular
appeal to the young men of Della
ware, as "the inheritors of the
glorious traditions of a common
wealth which has borne in the his
tory of our common country an
honorable and important part. It's
future is in their keeping. The
State, though small in area and in
population, is rich in the memories
of its sons. In peace and in war,
they have ever been found in the
foremost ranks; and if, in the hour
of trial, they held its name upon
their lips in proud remembrance,
it was because they cherished for
it that true affection which renders
sacrifice a pleasure as well as a
duty. Guard, then, with Jealous
care its fair fame. Resent and op.
pose, not only as a public wrong
but as a personal injury, every act
that may tend to degrade it. And
see to it that none shall wear its
honors who cannot truly swear
upon it's affairs that they have pai6
it the due of an honest and sincere
devotion"
Judge Moore "early advocated
some form of permanent arbitra.
tion system" Professor Chamber.
lain pointed out, ,'at least between
two countries or groups of coun-
tries, and one reason for doing SC
was that such a tribunal would de.
velop international law through its
decisions"
AS a basis for the building Of
international law through arbitra
tion, Judge Moore prepared his
important volumes on information
al arbitrations, collecting and an
natating arbitration cases so they
could be used by arbitrators ant
thereby make it easier to develop
customary law by decisions, sale
Professor Chamberlain.
AS young lawyer Judge Moore
was first brought into the Statt
Department by Delaware's Senator
Thomas F. Bayard in 1885, and re
manned there until he became pro
fessor of international law at Co
lumbia in 1891. Even at Columbia
however, he was frequently calle,
into consultation by presidents re
gardless of party affiliation, an
he had "a great influence on tn
foreign relations of the Unite
States in the formative period Q
the last decades of the Nineteent
Century and the first decade of tn
Twentieth Century," according t
Professor Chamberlain.
With his experience and know
ledge of the law, Mr.. Moore wa
elected a judge of the Permaner
Court of International. Justice
1921, and he remained on ths
bench until 1928. Noting that h
played an important role as
Judge, Professor Chamberlain sal
that Judge Moore was prominer
in the dispute concerning the att
tude of the court toward advisor
opinions.
Judge Moore believed that til
League of Nations Covenant an
the Statute of the Court authorize
the Leagues council or assembl
to ask the court its opinion on
matter of law, but he insisted ths