COUNCIL — MARS 1920 — 22 — 



The General Secretary acknowledged the tribute and associated his colleagues 

 in the Bureau with himself. He also recognised the great support received from 

 the President, from Great Britain and the British delegates. The financial assistance 

 of Great Britain had been of the greatest importance. 



Point 3 of the Agenda (Language of Reports, etc.). The General Secre- 

 tary stated that the Bureau had gone into this matter and had come to the conclu- 

 sion that as a rule one language only should be used, although it might be necessary 

 tO- print two in particular cases. Should a publication appear which was of special 

 interest to France it should be published in the two languages. The main reason 

 for this decision was the extremely high cost of printing. 



Dr. Hjort thought it unnecessary to publish anything in both French 

 and English. 



Prof. Thompson agreed with Dr. Hjort. The bulk of the publications would 

 no doubt appear in English, but if it were thought desirable to publish anything 

 in French that would be sufficient. Should it ever be necessary to publish some 

 special paper in Finnish he could see no objection. 



Prof. vanEvERDiNGEN was of opinion that the Reports should only be printed 

 in one language by the Council, either the one or the other. 



Dr. Redeke meant that the Reports should be printed in the language 

 in which they were written by the author. 



The President stated that the choice of language must be considered by 

 the Editorial Committee consisting of Prof. Gilson, Prof. Thompson and himself, 

 and possibly another member might be chosen. The President here invited Mr. 

 le Danois to serve on the Editorial Committee, and Mr. le Danois agreed. 



Point 4b of the Agenda (Measures to be tak.en for the future as to 

 the continuation and organisation of the International Council and 

 the participation of the Governments. The continuation of work for 

 five years). 



Mr. Maurice said that at the last Meeting it had been agreed that the parti- 

 cipating Powers must continue work for five years on the ground that it was not 

 worth while embarking on a scientific programme without a reasonable period 

 of work from which definite conclusions might be expected. Assurances had been 

 received from all the Powers of their readiness to accept this principle, subject 

 always to the understanding that the necessary money must be voted from year 

 to year by the Powers concerned. The British delegates were authorised to say 

 that Great Britain was prepared to contemplate a period of five years' work, subj ect 

 to the necessary Parliamentary Votes, and he hoped it might be possible to get 

 a similar declaration from the other countries concerned. It would probably be 

 best if the General Secretary obtained assurances from other powers through the 

 Danish Foreign Office. 



