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 2. An open Letter to Professor Doctor A. Brauer. 



eingeg. 18. Februar 1913. 

 Washington, D. C, February 7, 1913. 

 Professor Doctor A. Brauer, 



Secretary of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft. 

 Sir: — 



As Secretary of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft you have 

 published in the Zoologischer Anzeiger of January 17 th , pages 239 to 

 240, certain references to the International Commission on Zoological 

 Nomenclature. Were the criticism implied therein simply a personal 

 matter I would undoubtedly ignore it, but what you have written is cal- 

 culated to complicate still further an already very complicated situation 

 and it is in a desire to prevent further unnecessary confusion that the 

 appended correspondence between Professor Korschelt (the President 

 of your society) and myself is herewith made public. 



In reference to the last sentence in your publication the reply is 

 this: Since the International Commission is a "standing committee" of 

 the Congress, there is under the existing circumstances no parliamen- 

 tary procedure by which the propositions from the German Zoological 

 Society may be considered by the Congress except upon report from 

 .the Commission; if by force of a majority vote in open meeting these 

 propositions are adopted, despite this well recognized parliamentary 

 principal, the action of the Congress — not being in accordance with 

 parliamentary law — will be null and void. 



Appended herewith is the correspondence in question. 

 Assuring you of my highest esteem, I have the honor to remain 

 Very cordially yours, 



C. W. Stiles 

 Secretary International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 



Korschelt to Stiles, Dezember 5, 1912. 



Marburg i. H., den 5. Dezember 1912. 

 Herrn 



Dr. C. W. Stiles, 



Washington. 

 Unter den in Nr. 1 Bd. 41 des Zool. Anzeigers veröffentlichten 

 Anträgen für den nächsten Internat. Zoolog. Kongreß fehlen die im 

 Bezug auf das Prioritäts-Gesetz gestellten Anträge der Deutschen Zool. 

 Gesellschaft. Als Vorsitzender dieser Gesellschaft darf ich um Aus- 

 kunft bitten, weshalb dies der Fall ist, denn die nachträgliche Ver- 

 legung des Kongresses auf einen früheren Termin dürfte keineswegs 

 dazu berechtigen. 



In vorzüglicher Hochachtung 



Ihr sehr ergebener 



E. Korschelt. 



