PROGRAMME OF THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN PROVIDENCE, R. I., DECEMBER 27–29, 1906 FIRST SESSION. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 10:00 A. M., International Law. A Revision of the Geneva Convention-Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, U. S. N., Newport, Rhode Island. The Recent Controversy as to the British Jurisdiction over Foreign Fishermen more than Three Miles from Shore-Professor Charles Noble Gregory, State University of Iowa. The Third Pan-American Conference-Professor Paul S. Reinsch, University of Wisconsin. SECOND SESSION. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 3:00 P. M., Constitutional Law and Administration. The Newport Charter-Rear Admiral F. E. Chadwick, U. S. N., Newport, Rhode Island. The United States Constitution as Modified in the Civil War-Mr. W. B. Weeden, Providence, Rhode Island. Recent Constitution-Making in the United States-Professor J. Q. Dealey, Brown University. THIRD SESSION. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 8:00 P. M., Joint Meeting with the American Sociological Society. Address of Welcome-President W. H. P. Faunce, of Brown University. Presidential Address-Dr. Albert Shaw, President of the American Political Science Association. Presidential Address-Professor Lester F. Ward, President of the American Sociological Society. 30 PROGRAMME OF THIRD ANNUAL MEETING. FOURTH SESSION. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 10:00 A. M., Joint Meeting with the American Economic Association. THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF INSURANCE COMPANIES. The Government Control of Insurance Companies-Professor Maurice H. Robinson, University of Illinois. Some Observations Concerning the Principles which should Govern the Organization and Regulation of Life Insurance Companies-Mr. William. C. Johnson, New York Manager of The Phoenix Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn. Discussion by Professor W. G. Langworthy Taylor, University of Nebraska; Dr. F. A. Cleveland, of New York City; Mr. F. L. Hoffman, Statistician of the Prudential Life Insurance Company; and Professor L. A. Anderson, of the Wisconsin State Board of Assessments. FIFTH SESSION. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 3:00 P. M., Political Theories. Hobbes' Doctrine of the State of Nature-Professor C. E. Merriam, University of Chicago. The Radical in Politics-Mr. J. E. Shea, Boston, Massachusetts. Some Observations on Existing Methods of Amending State Constitutions-Professor J. W. Garner, University of Illinois. SIXTH SESSION. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 8:00 P. M., Business Meeting of the Association. Report of the Treasurer. Report of the Secretary. Report of the Board of Editors of the American Political Science Review. 10 p. m. Smoker at the Trocadero, Mathewson Street. SEVENTH SESSION. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 10:00 A. M., Government of Dependencies. Helping to Govern India-Charles Johnston, late of the British India Civil Service, Flushing, N. Y. Responsible Government in the British Colonial System - Professor Stephen Leacock, McGill University. Spanish Administration of Philippine Commerce Professor Chester Lloyd Jones, University of Pennsylvania. Some Effects of Outlying Dependencies upon the People of the United States-Mr. Hency C. Morris, Chicago, Illinois. The Executive Council of Porto Rico (read by title only)-Hon. William F. Willoughby, Treasurer of Porto Rico, San Juan, Porto Rico. EIGHTH SESSION. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 3:00 P. M., Section on Government of Dependencies. The Need of a Scientific Study of Colonial Problems-Professor Alleyne Ireland, Boston, Mass. The Question of Terminology-Mr. Alpheus H. Snow, Washington, D. C. Popular Interest in Insular Possessions-Mr. Poultney Bigelow, New York, N. Y. Commercial Relations between Dependencies and the Governing Country -Mr. O. P. Austin, Chief of United States Bureau of Statistics. General Discussion of the Aims and Methods of the Section on Government of Dependencies. PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS THE REVISION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION, 1906. BY REAR ADMIRAL C. S. SPERRY, U. S. NAVY, DELEGATE. In June, 1859, a benevolent Swiss gentleman, M. Henri Dunant, finding himself in the vicinity of Solferino, visited the battlefield, and his book, the Souvenir de Solferino, aroused the profoundest commiseration for the suffering of the forty thousand wounded for whose care the regular sanitary service was utterly inadequate, and for whose succor the unorganized efforts of limitless charity were unavailing. M. Dunant urged on the public attention measures for the amelioration of the condition of the sick and wounded, first through the Genevese Society of Public Utility, of which he was a member, and later through the Swiss Federal Council. The Council eventually called an international conference and after a brief session in Geneva this conference adopted The Geneva Convention of August 22d, 1864. It was speedily recognized that the rules needed amendment, and should be extended to maritime warfare, and for this purpose the so-called Additional Articles were adopted by a second Conference which met in Geneva in October, 1868. The Additional Articles were never ratified, but nevertheless they repeatedly served as a rule of conduct in war and it should always be borne in mind that a well digested body of rules, such as the Additional Articles, or the Brussels Convention of 1874, although they may never be ratified, yet serve as a basis for humane consideration and for future conferNo such labor is lost. ences. |