the Executive Committee, arranged for its translation from the original Latin into English. This translation, which is in press, will be published within a short time and will be accompanied, for the benefit of scholars, by the Latin text, carefully edited to free it from the errors and misprints in the original. The editing and translation has been done by Dr. Ralph Van Deman Magoffin, Associate in Greek and Roman History and Roman Archeology at the Johns Hopkins University.

The plan for issuing French and German translations has been postponed until the time arrives when they will again be of interest in those countries and conditions will permit of their circulation.

La Doctrine Scolastique du Droit de Guerre

The Director reported last year1 that this work was ready for publication, but that the author, a resident of France, had met with difficulties in securing a proper publisher during the war. It is now the sad duty of the Director to report that the untimely death of the author, Mr. A. Vanderpol, has prevented him from realizing his ambition to have his manuscript published. The Director is in correspondence with his personal representatives in an effort to have the work published by them and hopes that in a future report he will be able to state that his efforts to have this done have been successful.

Miscellaneous Publications of the Division

Since the appearance of the Year Book for 1915 the Division has added two pamphlets to its numbered pamphlet series as follows:

No. 21. The Geneva Convention of 1906 for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field.

This pamphlet was issued in continuation of the series of pamphlets containing the conventions signed at The Hague, described in the Year Book for 1915.2 The Geneva Convention is of equal interest with the Hague Conventions dealing with the conduct of warfare, and there was the same reason for its preparation as for the Hague pamphlets. Not only was the Englishspeaking public without a convenient manual of this important international agreement, but there was no publication, official or otherwise, from which it could be ascertained what countries have deposited their ratifications of the convention with the Swiss Government in accordance with its Article 29. Although Bulgaria and France, as well as the United States, for instance, have ratified the convention, there is found nothing in the law of our country as officially promulgated informing the people of this country that France or Bulgaria and the United States have thus mutually assumed certain treaty obligations.

1 Year Book, p. 159.

*Page 135.

Through the courtesy of his Excellency, Doctor Paul Ritter, the Swiss Minister Plenipotentiary at this capital, the Endowment received precise and complete information as to the dates of the ratifications and adhesions of the various powers from the Political Department of the Swiss Government, to which were submitted proof-sheets of the pamphlet for its comment.

Pamphlet No. 22. Documents respecting the limitation of armaments laid before the First Hague Peace Conference of 1899 by the Government of the Netherlands.

This pamphlet was issued in pursuance of the resolution of the Executive Committee of May 21, 1915, authorizing the Director to reprint in English in the pamphlet series of the Division the said documents. At the time of the First Peace Conference the Netherland Government, with the view of furnishing to the delegates in convenient form copies of the most important existing writings and documents, official and unofficial, upon the subjects to be discussed, had a volume prepared which was printed under the title: Actes et documents relatifs au programme de la conférence de la paix publiés d'ordre du gouvernement par Jhr. van Daehne van Varick (The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1899). These writings and documents were classified, in accordance with the Russian program for the Conference, under "limitation of armaments and military expenses," "regulations of the laws of war," and the "use of good offices, mediation, and optional arbitration."

It is the first part of the book, dealing with limitation of armaments and military expenses, which was not included in the official report of the First Conference and which is very difficult if not impossible to obtain, that has been translated into English and distributed in this pamphlet, with some additions to the footnotes of the original in the way of biographical and bibliographical data.

It is of great interest at the present time, with the example of the present European conflict before us, to read and to consider the theories and arguments advanced by the ten statesmen, publicists and philosophers of various nationalities selected by the Netherland Government as representative, taken together, of the mature reflections of the international mind. One can not now peruse the words uttered long ago without a sinking of the heart that the human race has insisted, in its frailty, upon a demonstration of those warnings in "the very cataclysm ✶ ✶ the impending horrors of which are fearful to every human thought."

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES BROWN SCOTT,

Director of the Division of International Law.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22, 1916.

Report of the Auditor

We beg to report that, pursuant to instructions of the President of the Endowment, we have audited the accounts of the Endowment for the year ending December 31, 1915.

Properly approved vouchers and cancelled checks have been exhibited to us for all payments made during the period, and all postings and footings of the cash book, journal and ledger were checked by us.

We have also checked the various allotments and appropriations with certified copies of the minutes of the Executive Committee.

The securities for the investments have been exhibited to us, and we have ascertained that the income there from has been duly accounted for.

The cash in bank at December 31, 1915, was verified with certificates from the depositaries.

We certify that the statement of assets and liabilities as printed on page 2 of the Treasurer's report at the close of business December 31, 1915, and the statement of receipts and disbursements, and the statements showing the condition of the appropriations and allotments as printed on pages 9 to 15, inclusive, of the Treasurer's report are correct.

The small difference in the postage account to which we referred in our certificate of February 27, 1915, while not adjusted at December 31, 1915, was adjusted during the visit of our representative during the present audit.

In general, we found the books to be accurately and carefully kept and the evidence in support of all disbursements was in satisfactory order.

Yours very truly,

(Signed) PRICE, WATERHOUSE & Co.