It is proposed that the Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law be held at Washington, as usual, in the New Willard Hotel, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 27–29, 1911, and the tentative programme prepared by the Committee on Programme continues the work of the Society in the matter of the codification of the international law of peace, and further takes up the question of aliens versus natives, as distinct from the protection accorded to aliens by the home governments, the topic of discussion at the last annual meeting.

First, as to the codification of international law. The Third Annual Meeting appointed a committee to consider the question of the codification of international law, which committee presented to the Society at its last meeting a preliminary report in two parts, the first of which dealt with the scope and plan of codification and the second outlined the history and status of codification in general. For the text of the reports and the proposed classification and treatment of international law for the purposes of codification see Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting, pages 197–227. The report was received and placed on file and the committee instructed to continue its work. Therefore, the matter of codification may be regarded as unfinished business and as such will be considered by the Society at,the session of Saturday morning, April 29th.

London, July 5, 1911.

Whereas by a Protocol dated the 1st day of December, 1909, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile resolved that, as they had not been able to agree as to the amount equitably due to the claimants in the Alsop case, they would submit the whole controversy to His late Majesty King Edward VII as an amiable compositeur to determine the amount equitably due to the said claimants; and

Whereas on account of his untimely death His late Majesty was not able to carry out the duty which he had undertaken; and

Whereas at the request of the two Governments We agreed to act in place of His late Majesty; and

Whereas We determined to designate a Commission to study the papers submitted to Us on either side, and submit a Report to Us for Our consideration as to the amount equitably due to the said claimants; and