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and skill, which betrayed the hand of the seasoned diplomat as well as of the trained lawyer.

Two of these claims were decided upon their merits. In the first case, the claimant had already received satisfaction in full of the claim; in the second, the claimant had not made out title to the property. In the remaining judgments, seventeen in number, the claimants did not produce the evidence required by Articles 325, 326 and 327 of the Spanish Civil Code, and Article 2411 of the Portuguese Civil Code, to establish the Spanish nationality of the claimants. Under these circumstances the Tribunal stopped upon the threshold, declaring that it could not receive the claims because thereof.

The claims might have been good, or they might have been bad, but the Tribunal could not consider them on their merits, as it was only the claims of Spanish subjects which Spain had the right to present under the agreement with Portugal, and the evidence that the claimants were Spanish subjects was not presented to the Tribunal in the form required by law.

The French and British claims were decided by the Tribunal on September 2, 1920. The Spanish claims were decided on September 4, 1920. At the opening session of the Tribunal, on the morning of September 2, Mr. Root, president of the Tribunal, said on behalf of his two colleagues, Messrs. Savornin Lohman, of Holland, and Lardy, of Switzerland:

At the beginning of the labors of the Tribunal it is a real satisfaction for me to state, after the storms which have raged in the world in the course of these last years, that the Permanent Court of Arbitration still lives. We have the hope and the confidence that it will remain for the good of the world, for the advancement of the reign of public law and of the peace of justice among nations.

At the closing session, on the 4th of September, Mr. Root, speaking again as president of the Tribunal, and on behalf of his colleagues, said:

It remains for me to state that for the first time since the completion of the Peace Palace, an international judgment has been delivered within these walls. Our judgment is, therefore, an inauguration; it is an important day in the history of this building and we hope that this award will be followed by many another in the interest of peace, and of accord among the nations.

May these be but the first of an endless series of awards between nations, decided upon respect for law between the nations of the world.

JAMES BROWN SCOTT.

CURRENT NOTES

ADMISSION OF WOMEN TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF

INTERNATIONAL LAW

At the meeting of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, held in Washington on November 13, 1920, the Council took up and considered the resolution of the Executive Committee of the Society, adopted on January 24, 1920, that "the Executive Council be requested to reconsider the regulation of January 29, 1906, which it has established under Article 3 of the Constitution in regard to membership." This resolution of the Executive Committee was adopted after discussion of the advisability of admitting women to membership in the Society. The Executive Council at its meeting on November 13, after consideration, adopted the following resolution :

Resolved, That the regulation of January 29, 1906, concerning the admission of members be, and it is hereby, amended by changing the word "man" to "person".

The regulation governing admission to membership, therefore, now reads as follows:

Any person of good moral character interested in the objects of the Society may be admitted to membership in the Society.

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY

The Executive Council at the same meeting adopted a resolution reading:

Resolved, That the Executive Council recommends to the Society the amendment of Article 3 of the Constitution by striking out the word "publications" in the third line of paragraph 2 of Article 3 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "American Journal of International Law."

The provision, if amended as recommended by the Executive Council, will therefore read as follows:

Each member shall pay annual dues of five dollars and shall thereupon become entitled to all the privileges of the Society, including a copy of the American Journal of International Law issued during the year.

As the members were informed in the columns of the JOURNAL for July, 1920, page 382, it was found necessary, in order to meet expenses without increasing the dues, among other things, to discontinue sending the annual proceedings to members gratuitously, but to make a separate charge of $1.50, leaving to the members the option of subscribing or not.

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In addition, the Society will issue within a month or two a cumulative index to all the publications of the Society issued from its organization. The publication of this index, the usefulness of which is unquestioned, cannot be undertaken except on the basis of selling it to the members who wish to subscribe.

When the Constitution of the Society was adopted, its framers had in mind the publication only of a quarterly journal, and now, in view of the changed conditions, in order to obviate any doubt as to the authority for issuing other publications for a charge, the Executive Council recommends the foregoing amendment to the Constitution, which will be brought up and considered at the annual meeting of the Society in April next.

In the meantime, in order that the publication of the Proceedings and the index may not be delayed until next summer, the Executive Committee and the Executive Council have authorized the officers of the Society to publish the cumulative index and the Proceedings of the Executive Council and distribute them to the members who subscribe.

PROCEEDINGS FOR 1920

The Proceedings of the meeting of the Executive Council held on November 13, 1920, will be issued in lieu of the Proceedings of the Society for the present year. They will contain a very interesting discussion of the project for the establishment of a Permanent Court of International Justice drafted by the Advisory Committee of Jurists at The Hague last summer upon the invitation of the Council of the League of Nations, acting under authority of Article 14 of the Covenant of the League of Nations. The principal participant in the discussion at the meeting of the Executive Council of the Society was the Honorable Elihu Root, a member of the Advisory Committee which drafted the plan. The members of the Council present at the meeting were of the decided opinion that the discussion well deserved preservation and publication. All members who have subscribed for the Proceedings for 1920 will be sent a copy as soon as published. All members who have not subscribed and who desire to obtain this interesting discussion should promptly remit $1.50 to the Treasurer.

CUMULATIVE INDEX TO THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

The Secretary of the Board of Editors takes pleasure in announcing that the cumulative index to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW and Supplements, together with the Annual Proceedings of the American Society of International Law, will go to press in January, and will, therefore, shortly be ready for distribution. The index will cover all of the Society's publications from the beginning up to and including the last number of Volume 14 of the JOURNAL, namely, October, 1920. It will contain about 350 printed pages. In addition to the usual subject and author entries, the contents of the volumes have been analyzed and indexed under appropriate headings and cross-referenced. It is believed that this volume will be valuable as a digest for all who are interested in international law, as well as for the possessors of the volumes indexed. Under the authority of the Executive Council, the index will be sold for three dollars in paper covers and four dollars bound in cloth. All members

and subscribers who wish a copy of the index should send in their subscriptions as soon as possible, as the first edition will only be large enough to cover the actual subscriptions. Checks in payment should be made payable to Hon. Chandler P. Anderson, the Treasurer of the Society.

BOUND VOLUMES OF THE SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS

In order to meet the wishes of members of the Society who prefer to have the officers of the Society attend to the binding of their annual volumes of the JOURNAL, Supplement and Proceedings, the Business Manager of the Society will be glad to attend to such binding for all members who request it. Owing to the high and uncertain cost of bookbinding, it is not practicable at the present time to make a general arrangement for exchanging bound for unbound sets at a stipulated price. The work will be done at the actual cost of binding, plus postage or express charges. Information regarding the cost of binding will be furnished upon request.

The JOURNAL takes pleasure in calling to the attention of its readers the following notices which have been received for publication:

THE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS

For years the authorities of Williams College have contemplated an Institute of Politics, and although the war necessarily suspended its opening, President Garfield has kept constantly in mind this project, suggested, it is believed, by Philip Marshall Brown, Professor of International Law at Princeton University, and a loyal son of Williams.

The object of the Institute and its relation to Williams College, its membership, and the ways and means through which it is to develop thought and influence public opinion, are briefly and aptly stated in a few paragraphs from a preliminary announcement issued by President Garfield, on behalf of Williams College:

The object of the Institute is to advance the study of politics and to promote a better understanding of international problems and relations.

To this end it is proposed to bring together in Williamstown, for a month or six weeks each summer, a selected company of eminent scholars and special students; to offer courses of lectures by men of national and international distinction; to organize round-table discussions by members of the Institute, and to provide facilities for research and intensive instruction for students in special fields.

The first session will be held in 1921, beginning Thursday, July 28 and closing Saturday, August 27.

The subject chosen for this session is "International Relations." It will be treated in its historical, political, industrial, commercial, and institutional phases.

On May 1, 1913, the Board of Trustees of Williams College approved the inauguration of such an institution and authorized the President of the College to proceed with the plan, which involved the use of the buildings and grounds of the College during the summer recess and the raising of special funds for the expenses of the Institute.

The World War inevitably delayed the project but greatly emphasized the need of the proposed institution. The Board of Advisors was chosen in September, 1919, and the desirability of holding the first session in 1920 considered. In view, however, of the unsettled conditions growing out of the negotiation of the Treaty of Peace and because of the impending presidential campaign in the United States, it was decided to postpone the inaugural session until the summer of 1921.

Through the generosity of an unnamed benefactor ample funds have been provided for the expense of the Institute during the next three years, enabling the management to pay a substantial honorarium to lecturers in addition to their traveling expenses and to place at their disposal furnished houses while in Williamstown.

The round-table conferences will be in charge of professors from American colleges and universities.

The lectures will be open to the public. Classes and round-table conferences may be attended only by members of the Institute on payment of the required registration fee for the session.

Membership in the Institute is limited to members of the faculties of colleges and universities and to those to whom, by reason of special training and experience in the field of politics, invitations are extended.

The registration fee for membership for the session will be $10.00, payable on or before Saturday, the 30th of July, 1921. Registration blanks may be obtained from the Secretary, Williamstown, Mass.

The officers of administration are, as would be expected, the distinguished President of Williams College, Harry Augustus Garfield, Chairman, and the Treasurer is also appropriately the Treasurer of the College, Mr. Willard Evans Hoyt.

While the Institute is housed by Williams College, and while the Board of Trustees of that institution has placed the seal of its approval upon it, it is, nevertheless, not to be looked upon as a department of that college, in the ordinary sense of the word. Its direction is confided to a Board of Advisors, made up of William Howard Taft, Yale University; Archibald Cary Coolidge, Harvard University; Philip Marshall Brown, Princeton University; John Bassett Moore, Columbia University; Edwin Anderson Alderman, University of Virginia; Jesse Siddal Reeves, University of Michigan; Edward Asahel Birge, University of Wisconsin; Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Johns Hopkins University; Harry Pratt Judson, University of Chicago; James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

There is a large field of usefulness for the Institute of Politics. Its influence will necessarily depend upon the wisdom and the vision with which the experiment is conducted. It should succeed; it is earnestly hoped that it will, and the votaries of politics (other than office-holders) are to be congratulated that a benefactor has been found, willing and able to endow the brains of others. May others imitate his example.

REVUE DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL ET DE LÉGISLATION COMPARÉE

The publication of the Revue de Droit international et de Législation comparée, interrupted since 1914 by the war and the German occupation of Belgium, is resumed.

Founded in 1869 by G. ROLIN-JAEQUEMYNS, ASSER and WESTLAKE, the Revue de Droit international et de Législation comparée has from the beginning enjoyed undisputed authority amongst experts in international law. This authority the readers of the Revue know was maintained undiminished under the direction of M. EDOUARD ROLIN-JAEQUEMYNS, the son of the founder, until the events of 1914 interrupted the publication.

The new direction which now assumes the heavy task of M. EDOUARD ROLIN

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