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THE WORLD's FAIRS 
In regard to International Exhibi 
tions, an agreement between nations 
should be their natural foundation. 
A congress of delegates, appointed by 
the Ministers of Commerce of the dif 
ferent countries, should be called to 
study tbe question, and elaborate a 
a project for treaty agreements be 
tween the different nations in regard 
to the rules, which are to govern In 
ternational Exhibitions in future. 
One of the first subjects to be con- 
sidered would be the adoption of a 
uniform System for the Organisation 
of the Juries, with invariable regu- 
lations to direct their work and the 
distribution of the awards to the 
exhibitors, between wbom in this re- 
spect no distinction of nationality 
should be recognised.— The next im 
portant question would be to deline 
the conditions for the partieipation 
of foreign countries, and here of 
eourse the plan of the distribution of 
the space is of the highest importanee 
both as regards Universal and Special 
International Exhibitions. — Lastly, 
but not least would corae the deter-