By LAWRENCE B. EVANS, Ph. D. Counsel to the Brazilian Embassy, Washington Second Edition CHICAGO CALLAGHAN AND COMPANY 1922 ! With law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled. -The Story of Burnt Njal. What we seek is the reign of law based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. -Woodrow Wilson. It is impossible that the human mind. should be addressed to questions better worth its noblest efforts, offering a greater opportunity for usefulness in the exercise of its powers, or more full of historical and contemporary interest, than in the field of international rights and duties. -Elihu Root. iii |