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Lowell. Luncheon was tendered the gentlemen at Harvard Union, the 

 student meeting place, by the fellows and president of Harvard Uni- 

 versity. Mr. Robert Bacon, fellow and former ambassador to France, 

 delivered the speech of welcdme. 



Mr. Bacon's address was delivered in Spanish, to the great pleasure of 

 the delegates. He said in part : 



"Your visit is the more fortunate because it signifies one step more in 

 the development of the American Institute of International Law, and 

 also of the various national societies of international law, many of which 

 were forming with your most valuable assistance at the time I visited 

 your countries. 



"Permit me to repeat to you my profound appreciation for this aid, 

 which, fortunately, you have continued to give to these societies. The 

 American Institute of International Law with its affiliations can be con- 

 sidered to-day as definitely established. By its means the international 

 problems which afifect the twenty-one republics of America are being 

 solved by men of real intellectual attainment, from whose judicious and 

 friendly discussions has resulted the rule of conduct we should follow in 

 order that nothing may destroy the harmony which ought to exist among 

 the members of the same family of nations inhabiting the same continent. 



"The regular and constant exchange of professors and students which 

 we have been prompt to inaugurate in this university will hasten the 

 good understanding among the various institutions of learning. 



"The law of nations is not the law of one nation alone; nor is it made 

 for one nation alone. It is not imposed by any one nation; nor can it be 

 changed by any one nation. Every nation stands equal before this law, 

 with equal rights and obligations. Just as the municipal or national 

 law depends upon the sanction of public opinion, so international law 

 rests on the sanction of international opinion. And it is through the 

 education of and formation of the international opinion that the Ameri- 

 can Institute of International Law will render an inestimable service to 

 America and to the world." 



Dr. Fausto Davila of Honduras responded with thanks in behalf of 

 the delegates. Other speakers were President Lowell of Harvard, Dr. 

 Victor Maurtua, of Peru, and Prof. Howard of Harvard University. 

 At 2.45 p. m. the members were carried in automobiles to the custom- 

 house, where they were received by Mr, Edmund Billings, collector of 

 the port of Boston, and Mr. Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port 

 of New York. After a visit to the tower, 495 feet high, the party was 

 driven to the Boston Public Library and thence to the hotel. At 6.30 



