advisable in order to separate the Court from the League. It is a compliment to their prescience that five, at least, of these conditions have been met by the revised Swanson resolution. The three remaining desiderata were as follows: (a) Provision should be made respecting judges for the presence of a national of every party when one party has a national, or for the withdrawal of all nationals in advisory proceedings; (b) the intervention by groups of States between parties in the Court should be made impossible, whether these form a part of the League or not; (c) the expenses of the Court should be completely detached from the instrumentalities of the League.

W. P. CRESSON.

REVIEW OF CURRENT PERIODICALS

BY CHARLES G. FENWICK

1. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, March, 1926

American and British Claims Arbitration Tribunal, by Howard S. Le Roy (pp. 156-160), surveys the work of the tribunal, the second of its kind between the two countries dealing with the general arbitration of pecuniary claims, and discusses the several points of law raised in the respective cases and the decisions reached by the tribunal.

Ibid., April, 1926. The Comparative Law Bureau of the American Bar Association contributes articles (pp. 242-274) on An Inter-American Negotiable Instruments Law, by Charles S. Lobingier, on Reform in the Turkish Judicial System, by Crawford M. Bishop, on Sovereignty in Judicial Interpretation, by Charles Pergler, on Latin American Legislation, and on European Literature and Legislation.

Ibid., May, 1926. Some Phases in the Development of International Law, by Hon. R. E. L. Saner (pp. 332–335), is a presidential address before the American Branch of the International Law Association and sketches the development of arbitration between nations culminating in the establishment of the Permanent Court of International Justice.

2. CANADIAN BAR REVIEW, January, 1926

Some Aspects of Treaty Legislation, by A. W. Rogers (pp. 40-45), deals briefly with the interesting question of the extent of the power of the Parliament of Canada to legislate for the execution and enforcement of treaties entered into by the Dominion Government.

Ibid., May, 1926. The Progressive Codification of International Law, by Norman Mackenzie (pp. 302–306), is a note from Geneva on the work being done by the Committee of Jurists appointed by the Council of the League of Nations.

3. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW,

November, 1926 (Vol. VII, Part IV)

Sir Graham Bower contributes a note on Territorial Waters (pp. 137-141) in which he argues for a more elastic handling of the problem which will take into account the different purposes for which jurisdiction is claimed. The Nationality of Married Women, by Chrystal Macmillan (pp. 142-154), points out the changes that have recently taken place in national legislation and emphasizes the necessity of making any international arrangements conform to the new order. Suits between States within the British Empire, by Sir W. Harrison Moore (pp. 155-170), discusses an interesting point of federal constitutional law with special reference to Australia.

Ibid., February, 1926 (Vol. VIII, Part I). The Dominions and Treaties, by Sir W. Harrison Moore (pp. 21-37), returns to the much controverted question of the international character of the members of the British Commonwealth and touches in conclusion upon the effect of the membership of the Dominions in the League of Nations in respect to the unity of the British Empire. The League of Nations and Mosul, by A. Berriedale Keith (pp. 38-49), summarizes the action of the Council of the League of Nations and of the Permanent Court in reference to the dispute between Great Britain and Turkey. Foreign Corporations in International Public Law, by E. H. Feilchenfeld (pp. 81-106), is the first installment of a careful study with elaborate references to English and Continental authorities. Dr. Lundstedt against the Law of Nations, by T. A. Lacey (pp. 107-110), is a sharp critique of Dr. Lundstedt's recent volume on "Superstition or Rationality in Action for Peace." The Decisions of the Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, III, by Everard Dickson (pp. 111-124), continues the very useful summaries printed in previous numbers of the JOURNAL.

4. FOREIGN AFFAIRS, April, 1926

What is Disarmament? by Tasker H. Bliss (pp. 353-368), is a commentary upon the principle that effective disarmament is dependent upon the condition precedent of making provision for the general security. How the World Court has Functioned, by Nicholas Politis (pp. 443-453), is a brief survey by an expert of the organization and procedure of the court. America's Position in Radio Communication, by James G. Harbord (pp. 465-474), argues that in view of the world-wide extension of American privately-owned electrical systems the contemplated Washington Radio Conference must frame its convention so as to accord with the status of such property under the American constitution.

Ibid., July, 1926. The Future of the League, by A. Lawrence Lowell (pp. 525-534), is a brief but thoughtful comment upon the problems involved in the organization of great and small states within the League of Nations in the light of the Locarno agreements and of the admission of Germany to the League. It is supported by an interesting study of Germany at Geneva by William E. Rappard (pp. 535-546). Waterways Problems on the Canadian Boundary, by Henry Lawrence (pp. 556–573), discusses the possibilities of new canals and the practical solution of the difficulties created by the Chicago drainage system. National Monopolies of Raw Materials, by Jacob Viner (pp. 585-600), is a stimulating discussion of one of the most important practical problems of international polities. Aerial Armament and Disarmament, by Edward P. Warner (pp. 624-636), contains a careful and impartial estimate of the practical difficulties involved in the international control of aerial armaments.

5. MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW, March, 1926

The Legal Position of Foreigners in Soviet Russia, by Leo Zaitzeff (pp. 441460), discusses the important features of recent Soviet legislation covering the civil and political rights of individuals, the position of foreign business firms in Russia, copyrights and patent rights, the arbitration of industrial disputes, judicial organization and procedure, and testate and intestate succession.

Ibid., May, 1926. Jurisdiction over Foreign Corporations, by Maxwell E. Fead (pp. 633-656), is exclusively concerned with interstate relations under American constitutional law. The Court of Claims: Its jurisdiction and Principal Decisions Bearing on International Law, by J. H. Toelle (pp. 675697), reaches the conclusion that "a high level of justice has been meted out in so far as the jurisdiction of that body permitted."

6. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW, March, 1926 The Codification of International Law, by Roland S. Morris (pp. 452–463), criticizes the conception of codification in the form of a fixed body of rules, such as the proposed code of "American International Law," and advocates instead the method of the Committee of Experts of the League of Nations by which particular subjects are selected which call for, as well as admit of, constructive legislation. Carriage of Goods by Sea-The Hague Rules, by F. Cyril James (pp. 672–690), deals with an important question of maritime law and advocates the passage of the bill pending before Congress (H. R. 14166, A Bill Relating to the Carriage of Goods by Sea).

7. WEST VIRGINIA LAW QUARTERLY, December, 1925

The New Law of Nations, by Edwin D. Dickinson (pp. 4-32), undertakes to show the probable development of the international law of the future by examining three of the fundamental questions raised by the existing law, namely, how the nations have gained admission into and retained membership in the international community, what rights the recognized members of the community have acquired and what obligations they have incurred, and what could be done if rights were flouted or obligations evaded. The conviction is expressed that the new law of nations will place less emphasis upon the rights of states as separate and isolated entities and more upon the common well-being of the great society of nations.

8. YALE LAW JOURNAL, April, 1926

Some Phases of the Administrative and Judicial Interpretation of the Immigration Act of 1924, by Philip C. Jessup (pp. 705-724), deals with one of those domestic questions which have important international reactions. His conclusion is that, while the Act is not perfect, it has on the whole been sensibly interpreted and administered and is "one of the most humanitarian systems of restricted immigration ever devised."

Ibid., June, 1926. Suggestions Concerning an International Code on the Law of Nationality, by Richard W. Flournoy, Jr. (pp. 939-955), follows up previous contributions by the same writer by an examination of efforts now being made to settle conflicts of nationality laws by international agreement. Four problems are considered: that of naturalization, that of dual nationality, that of no nationality, and that of the nationality of women who marry men of different nationality. The writer recognizes that as long as standing armies and the accompanying necessity of conscription continue the obstacles to general agreement will be hard to remove, but that much may be accomplished by persistent and intelligent effort and a spirit of reasonable conciliation.