To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuina Dairy News."
S1rx,—The action of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, noticed in these columns a short time since, in cabling President Coolidge expressing its warm approval of Judge Lobingier's administration, calls attention to the international character of the court over which he presides. Like its elder sister, H. B. M. Supreme Court, the United States Court for China is regul ly resorted to by many of other nationalities and the Judge of such of court becomes de facto, if net de jure, an_ international ints goes without saying that this necessitates a broader equipment on his part than is required for service on a purely national tribunal. The. judge of an extraterritorial court should, of course, be thoroughly versed in the Jaw of his own country. But that is not sufficient. He should know the Law of Nations, upon which all extraterritorial jurisdiction jis founded, and he should know something of the legal systems of those. other countries whose nationals are most likely to submit their claims to him. Most of all he should possess the international viewpoint and outlook.
Judge Lobingier's success in satisfying those without as well as within his own' national circle, is attested not only the Chinese expression already mentioned, but by the' message of the Zionist Association, composed as it is of various nationalities, which we noticed the other day. The Judge's official experience of a score of years in the Fur East will no doubt account for this in part. His interest in other legal systems is displayed by his studies in Comparative Law and his vice-chairmanship of the section of the American Bar Association devoted to that subject. And it is not generally known that the publishers of the leading American legal encyclopedia, known as "Corpus Juris," invited him to write for that work the article on International Law which will soon appear. This article was written two years ago when the Judge was on leave in Washington where the library facilities for such work are unrivalled.
It is, doubtless, the experience acquired in ways like these which
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