OCTOBEK 3, 1919] 



SCIENCE 



321 



Owing to the fact that the drawiiig' up and 

 adoption of the statutes consumed practically 

 all of the timi3 of the delegates both at the 

 London and at the Brussels meeting, there 

 was practically no opportunity to consider at 

 length the various projects which the Union 

 should undertake and it is therefore probable 

 that the Rome meeting will be devoted largely 

 to drawing up a program of work. 



The fact that the new Union is a union of 

 national federations in a position to act for 

 all the chemical interests of the countries 

 which they represent, and having frequent 

 meetings throughout the year, should make 

 it possible for this new international organi- 

 zation to fimction more efficiently tlian the 

 previous International Association of Chem- 

 ical Societies, and it is hoped that the new 

 organization will accomplish valuable work for 

 the science and for the chemists of the world. 

 Edward W. Washburn, 

 Acting Secretary of the American 

 Delegation 



STATUTES OP THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OP PUKE 

 AND APPLIED CHEMISTKT (PREE TRANSLA- 

 TION OP THE FRENCH TEXT) 



, . Article I 



I 1. Each of the following countries — ^Belgium, 

 United States of America, France, United King- 

 dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Italy, 

 through the agency of its National Research Coun- 

 ■cil (Chemistry Division), or its Federal Council 

 of Chemistry, or failing such national federation, 

 through the agency of a national chemistry asso- 

 ciation — joins with the others in the formation of 

 an International Union of Pure and Applied 

 Chemistry, having for its o'bjects the following: 

 I (a) To cement among the allied peoples the 

 bonds of friendship and mutual esteem which 

 have been developed and strengthened during the 

 course of the war. 



I (6) To organize permanent cooperation be- 

 tween the chemical associations of the different 

 countries. 



, (c) To coordinate their scientific and technical 

 activities. 



I (<Z) To contribute to the advancement of chem- 

 istry in all its branches. 



I 2. The Union thus constituted shall be perpet- 

 ual. Its provisional headquarters shall be in 

 Paris. 



Article II 

 1. The conditions governing the admission of a 

 country to the Union shall conform to those fixed 

 by the statutes of the International Research 

 Council. 



' 2. A country may join the Union through its 

 "national chemical federation," e. g., through 

 its National Research Council (Chemistry Divis- 

 ion), or through its Federated Council of Chemis- 

 try, or failing such organization, through a na- 

 tional association representing chemistry. {Trans- 

 lator's Note. — The purpose of this paragraph is to 

 provide for the formation in each country of some 

 national agency which shall federate ail of the 

 major chemical organizations of the country. 

 Thus in the United States this federation is ef- 

 fected through the Chemistry Division of the Na- 

 tional Research Council, while in England it is 

 effected through her Federal Council of Chem- 

 istry. Ultimately it is expected that in each 

 country the federating agency wiU become merged 

 in the National Research Council of that country 

 dn the capacity of its Chemistry Division.) 



I Article III 



I 1. The functions of the Union as set forth in 

 Article I. shall be exercised through a council, as- 

 sisted by an administrative secretary and by a 

 special staff or bureau, the establishment and 

 duties of which shall be determined by interna- 

 tional agreement among the constituent countries. 



I Article IV 



! 1. The annual subscription for each country is 

 fixed at a rate dependent upon the nimiber of its 

 inhabitants, in accordance with the following 

 categories : 



Category 



2. The inhabitants of any non-self-governing 

 •colonies or protectorates of a country may, at the 

 discretion of that country and in accordance with 

 its own census data, be counted with its own in- 

 habitants. 



3. No member of the Union may without its 

 own consent be assessed by the Union to provide 

 funds for other than general administrative ex- 

 penses. 



