1. To those who are striving for the establishment of one uniform system of maritime law, the 25th day of August, 1924 must no doubt be an important mile-post on the long road which they hope will one day lead to the desired goal.
On that day diplomatic representatives of a number of nations at Brussels signed two International Conventions, one relating to the limitation of liability of the shipowner and the other to the liability of the carrier in the case of carriage of goods under a bill of lading.