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Austria: E. Abel, J. Billiter, ¥. Emieh, A. 

 Kailan, A. Klemenc, F. Pregl, A. Skrabal, R. 

 Wegseheider. Czecho-Slovakia : J. V. Dubsky, 

 A. Simek. Denmark: N. Bjerrum, J. N. Brou- 

 sted, J. Petersen, Chr. Winther. England : 

 E. C. C. Baly, F. G. Donnan, W. C. McC. 

 Lewis. Germany : M. Bodenstein, G. Bredig, 

 0. Hahn, P. Pfeiffer, R. Selienek, W. Schlenk, 

 A. Stock, P. Walden, H. Wieland. Holland: 

 J. Backer, J. J. Blanksma, Ernst Cohen, A. F. 

 Holleman, F. M. Jaeger, H. R. Kruyt, W. 

 Reindeei-s, P. van Romburg. Latvia: M. 

 Centnerschwer. Russia: N. Scbilow. Switzer- 

 land : J. Piccard. 



The original suggestion of the meeting was 

 made by Professor Donnan of London and pre- 

 liminary plans were made at a meeting in the 

 home of Professor Cohen of Utrecht in June, 

 1921. The details were carried out by Pro- 

 fessor Cohen. 



The following scientific papers were read and 

 discussed : 



E. C. C. Baly (Liverpool) : Photochemical 

 Catalysis. 



P. Walden (Eostock) : Ueber freie Radicale. 



W. A. Noyes (Urbana) : Positive and Negative 

 Valences. 



W. Schlenk (Berlin) : Beitrage zur Chemie der 

 freicn Radikale und iiber deu wechseluden Ailiui- 

 tatswerth der Kohlnstoffverbindung. 



M. Bodenstein (Hanover): Die photoehemisclie 

 Bildung von Phosgen. 



L. M. Dennis (Ithaca) : The Preparation and 

 Properties of Metallic Germanium. 



H. Wieland (Freiburg i. B.) ; Ueber freie 

 Eadieale. 



N. Schilow (Moscow) : Vertheiluugs-gleieh- 

 gewichte. 



J. Piccard (Lausanne) : Absorptiousfarben 

 zweiter Ordnung. 



E. Abel (Vienna) : Ueber direkte und indirekte 

 Esterbildung in absolutem und wasserhaltigem 

 Glyzerin (Naeh Versuohen von Karl Heidrich). 



A. Klemenc (Vienna) : Dampfdrucke isomerer 

 B enz labkbmmlinge. 



M. Centnerschwer (Eiga) : Vorsehlag zur Ein- 

 fiihrung einer kleinen Masseneinheit (Eadion). 



At a reception in Hotel Pays-Bas, Wednes- 

 day afternoon, there were addresses of welcome 

 by G. L. Voernman, president of the Chemical 

 Society of Holland, by Professor Went, 

 president of the Royal Academy of Science of 



Amsterdam, and a response by W. A. Noyes, 

 of Urbana. 



The delegates were royally entertained at 

 luncheon and at dinner each day, and on Fri- 

 day there were tea and a reception given by 

 Count van Sanderburg in his palace. 



The gathering was not only foi' the purpose 

 of promoting the development of chemistry 

 through the discussion of topics of common 

 interest by men from widely separated coun- 

 tries, but it was also a franli attempt to renew 

 old friendships and form new ones between 

 men of nations recently at war. Expression 

 of a desire to promote permanent peace met 

 with a hearty response. 



RESPONSE BT W. A. NOTES, UTRECHT, 



JUNE 22, 1922 



It is a great pleasure to be present at this 

 international meeting in Holland. Last year 

 you sent to us in America a fine represent-ative 

 in the person of Professor Cohen. When he 

 was at our university in Urbana, we not only 

 listened with great interest to the account he 

 gave of the fine scientific work which he is 

 doing in the van't Hoff Laboratory but we 

 were also glad to hear of the scientific and 

 intellectual life of your universities. We were 

 particularly impressed by a statement he made 

 to us about the Nobel prizes. You have here 

 some five million people — some one says six 

 million — I do not know very accurately — but 

 he told us that you have received in Holland 

 five Nobel prizes for scientific work. We in 

 America have somewhat more than a hundred 

 million people and we have received two prizes 

 for such work. I am sure no other country 

 can show such a record as Holland of nearly 

 one prize for each million of her inhabitants. 

 Professor Cohen also told us a part of the 

 secret of your unparalleled work in science. 

 He said that it is written in the fundamental 

 laws of your state that the universities are 

 founded to train men for the service of the 

 state and also to train them in the methods of 

 research. You have reason to be very proud 

 of the way in which the spirit of your law has 

 been carried out. 



We are here for serious scientific discussions 

 but there is another thought very much in the 

 minds of every one. For the first time there 



