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Meeting at Minneapolis, the American Bar Association for the 46th time took counsel with itself. The Monroe Doctrine, the World Court, the Supreme Court, Radicalism, Trade, etc., etc., were discussed by such well known members as Messrs. Taft, Davis, Butler, Wickersham, Hughes, and the visiting Lord Birkenhead and Dr. E. S. Zeballos of Argentina. John W. Davis, President, opened the ceremonies with an orthodox defense of the Supreme Court. He made obvious reference to a recent article by Frank I. Cobb (Editor of The New York World) on Our Stagnant Democracy* and denied that the Supreme Court closed the avenues...
...participation in the World Court was entrusted to George W. Wickersham, Attorney General under President Taft. Despite some slight objection on the ground that it was a political question, Mr. Wickersham succeeded in carrying a motion endorsing the World Court. The motion implied that most Americans favored it. Lord Birkenhead made no reference to politics, except to intimate that in England the prestige of royalty was increasing and that of the Socialist party was diminishing...
Before leaving Waterloo Station, London, the ex-Lord Chancellor was asked if he had written out his speeches. " No," replied Lord Birkenhead, " God has given me a tongue and that is better than...
...That," replied Birkenhead with assumed gravity, " is a matter which is causing me deep concern...
...Lord Birkenhead's concern for the Baldwin Government...