| Show ANCIENT IT RIGHT TO BE RULED RULED BY LAW LAY NOT BY MUST BE URGED HUGHES SAYS I LONDON July Secretary 21 hughes speaking today at t welcom-ln welcom Ing exercises c es of or the th American Dar Bar association at Vs Westminster hall the th American delegates shad had come como to England rejoicing In Inan inan inan an amity which had become a fix fix- fixed fix fixed ed cd habit of t two tao a peoples intent on operation co operation In la the Iho Interest t of peace pece Of all International contracts he said Id none non could bo be b happier than Shari thi thi- thi We Ve have hive no end ends to serve no differences difference to compose no policies to advance I except the th highest of or the all II th poi poi- pol policy icy of ot understanding and good will The Tho fact tact that we iso 0 arc rc hero here her Is la more eloquent than an we can say here herc We Ve W come to tighten the bonds of o friendship The tary devoted a largo large portion of ot his address to the th birth and progress of the th common law He gate ta tan e an n outline of or Its part In Inthe inthe Inthe the American theory of govern govern- government ment and talked at length leneth of the working out In practice of ot the parts the courts ere assigned in protecting the th rights of ot tile Indi Individual vidual as set forth In time the th tion BY DY TEST 03 01 OF BLOOD Man M ni probably most moil of us he said ate ar are bound to iou ou by ties tie of blood but bul oven even stronger Is the sense of the tho th spiritual kinship that wo we are aro ar all privileged to have hR with those who aho ho In this Island developed the Institutions of liberty which ero brought to the new world orld and were no so fondly cherished that they ere safeguarded In an unprecedented unprecedented manner We e 0 come como in the spirit of Ira Ira- fra fraternity which has hM triumphed oer 01 the diversities of the 41 48 common common- commonwealth commonwealths wealth In our Union because It ItIs Itis ItIs Is In truth the tho spirit of ot the th larger fellowship represented here today n in which differences of ot interest and environment en cannot avail aU to obscure the community of I of those who have havo been boen trained according accordine to the and the th method of ot the common la law We e come como with lIh e even esen en a I aim than the tho enjoyment of ot frater- frater n ii 1 il si association In order that by these agreeable Interchanges and more Intimate te knowledge of ot each other e v vmay e may promote a 11 clearer appreciation of our p h liege op- op opportunity opportunity op opportunity and responsibility as of justice justic In a 11 orld which needs justice and the Iho rca rea- reasonableness rea reasonableness v which makes justice possible P RT OF BIRTHRIGHT The The common law was wa treasured ns a a part of our birthright and In- In Inheritance In Inheritance The ten talents talent that we thus received have been ben ed edRO so RO profitably that we are almost overcome by the v wealth el that has flowed from the Investment The rhe commonwealths In our union of state each SO within Its sphere are 1110 producing la laws s at a arate arato rate which his s filled us nn ant ant- anxiety lety lest no one should be able to 10 know the tho law The Th tN of nf the tha legislative le laUve soil solI Is our despair Our I lady of the Che common law Iw h hs has s had hd hadIan h Ian an n embarrassing Courts Court's I are re pouring decisions In such auch numbers that thit only the makers maker ot of otI encyclopedias can keep koep track or ot them It Is ii of course Inevitable ln that I with tho the legislatures and courts of at 48 states tates constantly deciding nd legislating we should have not notI notI I I I only anI multiplicity but ot of laws which 1 our efforts effort to establish lish uniform S I li especially In re- re relation relation re relation lation to the Important Import transaCtions transactions of ot commercial life UCo have hav modi modified fled fied only in s a limited degree UNITY But But Dut be before foro iou ou h hive hiv ve recovered some hat 3 sour lour our at l these thesa diversities you will BIll then have II a anew anew new surprise and SL a far more last last- lat Inc inn lon of ot the th essential cs lIng unity despite all aU these thc differ differ- differences II a unity which makes us In our complex comple and Intimate r relations In our vast v t International commerce lour and nd network of one pea peo people peo- peo pIe with a constantly increasing of solidarity a v which hm has he been en 0 over oter er the bitter fictional f animosities of the t p and nd over oer the In origin in the colony settlement In tlc cUm conditions and In lar lar interests Interest of ot a a unity you yost will not tall fail to perceive has It Its it's root In the th common conception ot of the tho fundamental principles of oC law and nd Ubert liberty The SPIrit of the common las 1 vIs U-vIs Is opposed to those insidiouS en- en encroachments en n encroachments upon ty which take the form of oC an administrative the authority authority the mod mod- modem modern em ern gul guise ule e of an ancient tyranny not the more moro welcome to pent gent lice flee men because It may ben ben- benI benCho bea beathe the Cho label of ot There I Is 15 I stIll till the tho need to the tho an- an an ancient dent clent right and right and It Is la the lost pro pre pro pro-clous clou cious right of or the right to be governed by Isa and I not nol by the officials officials the right to ti rn rca rca- I definite and d dI I standards which the tho citizens can invoke against both bolh male malevolence and caprice I |
