The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-29
FOR WORLD ARBITRATION
The American Proposition is Agreed 10 by Both Great Britain
 and Germany.
MATER 10 BE DISCUSSED AUGUST 2t
An International Court 10 Hold Con stant Sessions at the Hsgue- Judges to Serve Twelve Years snc Represent the Various Law Sys tems Of World.

The flague, Aug. A --The text 0 the American proposition for the ss tablishment of permanent court o arbitration has been completed II agreement with Germany and Grea Britain and will come up for discus sion August 2S. It consists of z6 ar ticles. The first article records tht desire of the signatory powers to or ganize an international high cour' ~os justice easily accessible and fret O. charge. with judges representing the various systems of laws of tht world and capable of insurlng con l.nuation of arbitration by Jurispru dence."
 The second provides that the judges must be jurisconsults of known com petenee In international law, selected so far as possible from the uiember' of the permanent court of arbitra tion.'
 According to the third and fourtf articles the judges are appointed fUl terms of 12 years and will enjoy dip lomatic privileges and immunity
 Article five provides that the court shall consist of 17 judges. nine form ing quorum.
 Article six allots the appointments to the various nations.
 Article seven provides that the high court shall appoint three judges with three substitutes. constituting g special tribunal which can if neces sary try cases elsewhere than at The Hague.
 Article eight says that the president of the court shall be elected every three years by a majority of the votes.
 Article nine deals with the payment of the judges. The amounts are not iixed, but the proposal contemplates a fixed yearly salary, besides special remuneration when engaged in cases and travelling expenses
 Article ten forbids judges from re. ceiving remuneration from their own or other governments for services in connection with the high court.
 Article II says that the court shall sit at The Hague, except in cases of force inajeure and the special In stances provided for by article seven.
 Articles l2 and Is deal with secre. tarial matters.
 Article If states that the high court shall sit once or twice yearly, in July and January.
 Articles l5, I6, ' and IS relate to the cases which the court Is compe. tent to try
 Article is provides that leach par ty shall be entitled to have its own judges to participate in the trial of cases If special tribunal acts as commission of inquiry even a per son not connecter with the court can participate in a trial"
 Articles 20, Fl and 22 deal with the court procedure and the calling of witnesses
 Articles 23 and 24 empower the court to establish its own rules
 Articl 25 proposes the ratification ot the convention at The Hague as quickly as possible
 Article 26 proposes to establish the duration of the convention, but the term is not yet fixed. Any signatory power Is entitled to denounce the con. vention by notifying the Dutch gov. ernment two years before the expira- ton of each period, but thes conven. ton remains intact for the other DOW CTS.
 President Nelidoff has informally in terviewed the presidents of the com mittees on the advisability of post poning the discussion of the proposed permanent court Of arbitration until the meeting of the next conference. that the powers in the meanwhile study the question. No decision in the matter has yet been arrived 6,
 The special commission which has been examining the proposition to establish supreme international prize court Thursday approved the project drafted by the United States Great Britain. Germany and Franc. by 10 to 2 votes. the minority being pr. Ruy Barboza Of Brazil and Senor Esleva of Mexico.