Annual Meeting: Growing Needs of U.S. Court: Judge Lobingier's Review The ninth annual meeting of the Far Eastern American Bar Asscciation; was held at the United States Court Room on Monday afternoon, Judge Lobingier presiding. The minutes of the last previous meeting were read and approved. The following new members were elected Mr. Isador A. Landesman, Mr. Walter Chalaire, Mr, Elijah An tony, Mr. Sidney A. Moss and Mr Gustave Long (Associate membership). Mr. M. N. Zankl's resignation was accepted, The Association voted to cooperate with the International Bar Association (provided such action in no way affected its relationship with the National American Bar Associa tion) and the following members were chosen as delegates to the Con vention of the International Bar Association at Momila, January 11, 12 and 13, 1993: Judge Charles Lobingier, Maj. Chauncey P. Holcomb, Dean W. W._ Blume, Mr. Roland Haskell, Mr. Ferno J. Schuhl, Mr. Leonard W. Hartigan, Mr. Theodore E. Simmang (Tientsin).
The Secretary's report was read and approved.
In the course of his annual ad dress the President said that the past year had been unusually fruitful in occurrences affecting the legal profession. The Washington Conference took action of special interest to all lawyers in China in providing for the appointment of a Commission to investigate and report upon native legal and judicial conditions here. The commencement of the Commission's task had been postponed, at the request of the Chinese Government, until next autumn, but when it did come this Association should be able to render it considerable assistance in gathering correct and reliable information.
Two cases before the Svpreme Court during the year related to the work of the United States Cowt for China and, in each, that Court's jurisdiction was upheld. The first, decided on January 3, 1922, had a direct bearing on the court's probate jurisdiction, it being an action, commenced in the District of Columbia, against a consul, whose authority in such cases, derived from the same source as the court's. The second case was an application for
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