The Institut de Droit International has granted the John Westlake prize, established by Mr. James Brown Scott in memory of his mother, to Dr. Anton Roth of Gross-Auheim a/Main, author of an essay prepared upon the subject of “A study of the rules applicable, in cases of international responsibility, to the measure of damages caused to private persons on the territory of a foreign state. The question must be developed principally with regard to international practice and the decisions of international tribunals.”