The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-05
Issue Plan for League of Nations
OUTLINE
formulated IN
Great BRITAIN
= HAROLD EDWIN BECHToL

By HAROLD EDWIN HEtHfoI
European Manager Of the Newspa.
per Enterprise AsScriationl
LONDON, Oct. b.--Tho British
League 81 Nations society has
lust issued q definite scheme for
the formation Of world league.
n props<.s, first. an interna-
flopaI conference, nj which tho
nation members Will be- repre-
scented, roughly. on scale OF popu'
lation:
Nations with 10000. 900 or less
ono mcnbrr,
Nations with ,o.ooo.ooo to So.
600 .o00-ihrc- members.
Nations with 5o.oo0.0o0 10 i0o..
000, 00O--fi,e members.
Nations with over 100. 600. 600
seven members.
This international conference
would meet every three years and
would elect % supreme court OF ma.
tons. and 90 an administrative coun'
eli.
Court Of Fifteen
The supreme court would be- com
po~ed OF ~ Judges and would be IS
sontlAily Judicial 10 discover and
develop" international justice. 10
pronounce Judgment In all ''Juatiei'
able" cases. deciding itself what cases
are ''JIsticiahlr" and what are not
Non jusiiclable cases are left to
still another body the council OF con.
eiliation. In which each nation mem
her would have one representative.
Its job would b. 90 investigate all
nom us,iciahl. caSea. propose means
OF concliia ton and publish an official
report on every such cane within a
year after Il has bccn submitted
FIXED S~ai PLANNED
The administrative committee
would be-. In effect. the executive OF
the league. collecting Information.
calling meetings Of the conference.
and consulting with the nation mem
bcra Of the league as to any nec.H.
sary joint action 90 enforce the de
eisiona Of the supreme court
The league would have a fixed
seat. but tho council 81 Cancellation
could sit elsewhere for ita eonsidera.
ton OF any given ease
Judges 81 tho supreme court and
members os tho court % Cancellation
would BE- elected for nine year terms.
they would ~ nRiariei and p~nnloncd
out Of an endowment fund contrib
u,ed by all nation members and man.
aged BY the administrative commit
tee
4 Judge would b. removable only
on the recommendation 81 his fellow
judges
II would he the business 81 the In
tsrnational conference. the original
body chosen roughly on population.
70 formulate and ootiify international
iaw II will b. noticed that tAis body
was set down for meeting every
three years, but I; IL taken that this
means tho conference must met sv,
cry three years. and may meet as
often AZ necessary. nothing In said.
either. about ~. length 81 session.
sir Wiiloughhy Dickinson. who
contributes tho Introduction. makes
Il plain that tho society considers
the question practically. with view
to furnishing something workable.
and permitting % indefinite develop.
rnrnt as tho organization H. tested
lie says h. and his colleagues take
the evolutionary side Of tho debate
between iho.~ who want the pariia
msnt % man. the federation Of the
world" At tho start. and those who
seek a plan likely 20 attrac, a large
number 81 nations determined upon
permanent peace. and yet appreipen,
sivc OF now dangers in large
scheme for securing a.
Tho plan proposes that amy civil
iEod state desiring 10 Join the league
shall be- permitted 10 membership. "
That would admit Germany.