Annual Report, Issue 1

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Page x - Beernaert, Minister of State, Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Member of the Institute of France and of the Royal Academies of Belgium and Roumania, Honorary Member of the Institute of International Law, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Delegate Plenipotentiary...
Page 1 - I hav noticed exceptions in our arbitration treaties, as to reference of questions of national honor to courts of arbitration. Personally I do not see any more reason why matters of national honor should not be referd to a court of arbitration than matters of property or of national proprietorship. I know that is going farther than most men are willing to go, but I do not see why questions of honor may not be submitted to a tribunal composed of men of honor who understand questions of national honor,...
Page 76 - Minard's — she married a scientific man, an officer of the Legion of Honor, and a member of the Institute too.
Page 11 - ... by notice served personally upon or mailed to the usual address of each trustee, twenty days prior to the meeting, as the names and addresses of such trustees appear upon the books of the association.
Page 174 - We make daily great improvements in natural — there is one I wish to see in moral — philosophy : the discovery of a plan that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats.
Page 84 - To cultivate friendly feelings between the inhabitants of different countries, and to increase the knowledge and understanding of each other by the several nations. (f) To promote a general acceptance of peaceable methods in the settlement of international disputes. (g) To maintain, promote, and assist such establishments, organizations, associations, and agencies as shall be deemed necessary or useful in the accomplishment of the purposes of the corporation, or any of them.
Page 101 - I have the honor to submit a brief report of the work of the division since its creation, together with a general survey of the possible scope of its future activities.
Page 9 - SEC. 3. That the direction and management of the affairs of the corporation, and the control and disposition of its property and funds, shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, twenty-five in number, to be composed of the following individuals : Arthur T.
Page 25 - CHARLES GIDE, Professor of Economics in the University of Paris. HB GREVEN, Professor of Political Economy and Diplomatic History in the University of Leyden. FRANCIS W. HIRST, Editor of The Economist, London.
Page 119 - To establish a better understanding of international rights and duties and a more perfect sense of international justice among the inhabitants of civilized countries.

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