“ The cordial attitude of the French Government led him to propose at a meeting of the French International Arbitration Society, the the friendly relations should be consolidated by a Treaty of Arbitration. And on October 14, 1903, the Treaty was signed. He was knighted in 1904, the year of the Entente Cordiale. In 1895 he founded the Franco-Scottish Society, which celebrated its creation by banquets at the Sorbonne and in Edinburgh Castle. ”

“ Secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris of which he was president in 1899-1900. This position enabled him to do good work towards the bringing about of a better understanding between France and Great Britain. By personally guaranteeing all the expenditure involved he succeeded in 1900, in persuading the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom to hold, for the first time, a meeting in Paris. ”

“ He was called to the Bar in 1881, and soon afterwards retired from his post on the staff of The Times in order to devote himself exclusively to legal practice in Paris. His writings on international law caused him to be elected as member of both the Institute of International Law, of which he became acting president in 1914, and of the International Law Association, of which he became vice-president. ”