THE CUBA REVIEW 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF 

 INTERNATIONAL LAW 



The visit of the delegates to the recent con- 

 gress of the American Institute of Inter- 

 national Law in session at Havana was made 

 very pleasant while they were the guests of 

 the Cuban Government, and in iippreciation 

 of the courtesies extended during their stay 

 in Cuba , the President of the American Insti- 

 tute, Jas. Brown Scott, gave a farewell ban- 

 quet in honor of the Cuban Government. 

 The American m_embers were the guests of 

 the city of JVIatanzas and President Menocal 

 generously arranged for the party to use his 

 private car for the trip and d.iring their stay 

 in the latter city. 



The Am.erican Institute of International 

 Law was founded in Washington in 1912 for 

 the purpose of propagating in America the 

 principles of justice and law which should 

 regulate the relations of these nations to each 

 other. The congress in Havana resulted from 

 an invitation of the Cuban Government and 

 was under the auspices of the Cuban Society 

 of International Law, affiliated with the 

 American Institute. 



In the session of the Institute held last 

 month in Havana ten recommendations, in- 

 troduced by Dr. Brown Scott, were unani- 

 mously approved. They wiU be known as 

 the "Havana Recommendations" and are as 

 follows : 



(1) The convoking of a third conference of 

 The Hague and the invitation thereto of 

 all the nations of the world. 



(2) That the peace conference of The Hague 

 should meet in fixed periods of time and 

 be a permanent body, which without 

 imposing justice, should recommend it. 



(3) All arrangements between the states 

 with respect to the convoking and pro- 

 ceedings of conference to be made 

 known, so that in this institution no 

 nation should have preponderating in- 

 fluence. 



(4) The naming of a committee to meet at 

 regular intervals during the recess of 

 the conferences and whose duty it would 

 be to work to secure the ratification and 

 adoption of treaties and declarations 

 and attempt to obtain the strict observ- 

 ance of such. 



(5) A universal agreement respecting the 

 fundamental principles of international 

 law expressed in the declaration of rights 

 and duties of nations, adopted by the 

 American Institute on January 6, 1916. 



(6) The creation of a permanent board of 

 arbitration to study, discuss and inform 

 on those questions, not susceptible to 

 judicial solution, which would be sub- 

 mitted to the board by the powers. 



(7) The employment of the good offices of 

 mediation and of friendly arrangement 

 of questions not capable of judicial solu- 

 tion. 



(8) Arbitration for the solution of con- 

 flicts not capable of being judicial^ 

 solved and also for those which even 

 being so, have assum.ed, because of delay 

 or bad interpretation, such a political 

 importance that the nations prefer to 

 submit them to boards named by them- 

 selves rather than to a permanent judi- 

 cial court. 



(9) The negotiation of a treaty by which a 

 judicial union of all nations is established, 

 similar to the 1908 Postal L^nion, in 

 which all civilized nations should take 

 part, each pledging his good faith to sub- 

 mit differences which involve questions 

 of right and equity to a permanent court 

 of this union, whose decisions would Le 

 obligatory not only for the nations in 

 litigation, but for all those forming a 

 part of the union. 



(10) The formation of a pu1)lic opinion for 

 the pacific arrangement in general, and 

 particulary in favor of the nine foregoing 

 proposals, so that if they were accepted 

 they would be put into practice and made 

 effective under the highest of sanctions, 

 "a decorous respect for the opinions of 

 humanity." 



MUSKETRY INSTRUCTOR 

 Charles C. Willimas, who was musketry 

 instructor to the Cuban army, died Jan. 27th, 

 at Havana. 



Mr. Williams was a retired sergeant of the 

 American army and was a champion marks- 

 man and had been instructing the Cuban army 

 in markmanship for about a year. 



HAVANA CITY FINANCES 

 It is stated that at the first of January the 

 condition of the city treasiu-y showed a bal- 

 ance on hand of $19,337.45 and that the city's 

 immediate obligations amounted to .floO,- 

 627.70. The city officials are now consider- 

 ing msans whereby this deficit may be met. 



HAVANA 



Customs statistics show that during the 

 month of January, 12,544 passengers arrived 

 in the port of Havana. 



