Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-14
ADOPT STATUTE FFGR
COURT OF JUSTICE
League Of Nations Provides
No Penalty For, Non r
compliance
NOW GOES TO NATIONS
Clause on Jurisdietion-Gc Pro:
!, tests aGain-SenatoE Mccormick
an interested Spectator

| Gerava. Dec. 14.--The Assembly Of
| he Les,gue Of Nations accomplished
! yesterday the first important con-
s.!uo,Ee act IN the work of the Lea
que CT Nations, in adopting a statute
'or a permanens international court
:fSustice The organization. as pan
,lcd. sti:l .lacks the obligatory appear
.anee of both parties to dispute and
1,Sv:des no penalty for noncompliance
with the decisions of the court.
{ Tie advocates Of the project, how
ver. believe that-it is the moss coamz
rletc pan that cop.d be accepted oy
.hc different governments and are.
confident that the good will Of the
.a.icns WI remedy lis defects. Thc
clan VIII 80 new = the ditferen;
.iates 70: ratification
1If %, o. 4 majority of th@ members
+ the League, approve it before tnc
rex;s meeting Of the Assembly, the
sdges will lie elected and the cour.
W ccme into existence in ,Septenth
Adoption of the plan came after sa
,ratcrical duel, with I.atin-America
N one side ard Europe on the other,
,ver the question as 10 whether the
iufisi;csicn of the International
Court cught to 6ca obligatory OF vol
m.ary. Racuj fernandez Braz;.: DR..
Ca,sS Urue;a. Colombia; Harmond:o
Arias. Panama; Ar;Stiirs .A-uero.
i<uoa, Scnor B!anco, Uruguay. and
Scnor Aramayo, Bolivia. insisted with
rrcat force upon the necessity of oh
':ratory jurisdiction to make the
curt really effective.
! r., I.eaii Bourgeois, Franc; A. J.S Ba'-
four. England; Dr., George T. Ea2"r-
9p, Norway and Giuseppe Motto,
Switzerland. defended the plan as the
BEST that could be SIT UP for be-
ginning. Mr.. Balfour also made q de-
,'cnsc OF Europe against what he term
I'd a united attack"
The cause Of the plan regarding
jurisdiction reads:
The jurisdiction ef the court con'-
prices cases. which parties refer to il
and all matters specially provided for
n treaties and conventions in force.
Members Ct the League ?nd states
mentioned in the annex to he ccTen-
7nt may, either, when signing or rat
fyng the proaoeo! to which the pre-
sent statutes are Joined or at a later
mcment declare that they recognize
Is Compulsory. ipso facto. and without
! special agreement in relation 10 any
other member of states accepting the
same obligation, the jurisdiction Of
The ccu,.t in all or any classes Of lcga!
disputes concerning the irterpreta-
zion CT treaty,aany question OF IN
| ternaticnap law, the existence Of any
Fact which. if established would con-
| ,titnte a breach Of an international
c:,l;gat:on ard the nature or the ex-
ten. OF rsparat;on for a breach of ar
international obligation.
Declaration may be made uncon-
l.t:onaly CT condition OF reciprocity
on the part, of several or certain
states. or fer certain time.
The\ general secretary Of the Lea
rue Yesterday made public another
ncte frcm Germany. demanding that
Ter protest. against rhe approval Of
| he Is,ebisc::e in the Eupen and Nal
,neay districts, on the Belgian border
be communicated to the Assembly.
Tie German Government, says The
lrote does not recognize the compe-
tency Of the Leagues cauncil and i
asks ;hat the, Assembly .sen2 mis-
son 10 investigate the conditions un-
| Ter which the plersic;te was held.
| Separate action ~ Tie Prem!ers Of
t7rarce ana Great Britain on matters
Sefore the assembly Of the League ot
1 Matters arg made the subject Of
sharp comment by the con'm:ttec on
admission OF new states. Lord Raber:
4 Cecil. representative OF South Africa ;
!. Y. W. Rowel, of Canada and DR..
Narsen. OF Narw7y.. agree in critlc'z-
/ nc the, action Of thcse governments
u announcing policies regarding such
questions as the admission of Arm
enia through ether channels than their
representatives al the assembly meet.-
ing here who are charged with such
problems.