One hundred fifty international hayeyers; representing 20 countries, will be here from September 2 to 9 to attend the first conference of the International Law Association held in America since the war.
Plans for the meeting call for study of a number of subjects in ternational Taw such as neutral rights in war time, legislative con trol over international cartels, the [growth of vhich have been stimulate fed by the rise of tariff barriers; th effect of war on contracts; legalizes tion of documents; air law and tht radio. One formal report will be read on each subject, followed by, ion of neutral rights wartime is so important that the further progress of disarmament! [depends in large measure upon som@ substantial agreement between ions on this subject," said JArthur K, Kuhn, chairman of the jeonference committee, in announcing the programme, "At the last conference of the international Law Association, held Jat Warsaw in 1928 a small' come mittee was appointed with Judzé Thornwald Boye of the Supreme Court of Norway at its head ty draft jo convention on the rights and duties of belligerents with regard td neutral property at sea. The draft is to be presented at this meeting along with a proposed wrest neutrality in land warfare, here is at present no intere national treaty generally recognized Jon neutrality in maritime warfare Jother than the Declaration of Pavis Jof 1856, The London Declaration of 1909 was never ratified. The draft, treaty now proposed embodies some jof the provisions of the London Naval Treaty. But it goes far bey yond that treaty into the more dee tailed provisions on contraband, blockade, prize and other questions, "A subject which is of great inters Jest. to international commerce ever in time of peace ig the effect of mat Unless there be some leertainty as to the classes of cone tracts dissolved by war, and the Jextent to which persons in neutral Jeountries are likely to have theitt contracts suspended or made void, there will be a consequent dislocas tion of international commerce even in peace times.
"This conference will consider how far measures of coercion short of contemplated by such instruc ments as the Kellogg Pact and the League Covenant will affect cone tracts with persons with the partis jcular country against which sue measures are taken."
Mr. John W. Davis on the morning sessions will be opened bj
of September 2.—United Press,
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