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TEXT OF WORLD COURT PROJECT MADE PUBLIC
 BY LEAGUE OFFICIALS
Court Will Consist of IS Members, Il Judges and 4 Deputies-Hague Will Be Headquarters
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 LONDON, Sept. 14-The headquar- ters of the league of nations today made public the text of the project for a permanent court of international jus tice as adopted by The Hague commit tee Of Jurists of which Elihu Root was member, together with a letter from the council of the league to all gov ernments which have entered the league
 The letter says: The council does not propose to express any opinion on the merits of the scheme until they have had a full opportunity of consid- @ering it."
 It states. however, that the project Was prepared by a most competent tribunal representing widely different national points of view. and adds:
 The council would regard as ire concilable difference of opinion on the merits of the scheme as an interna- tionaI misfortune of the gravest kind. It would mean that the league was publicly compelled to admit its inca pacity to carry out one of the most inn portant of the tasks which 1t was in- vlted to perform The failure would be great ana probably irreparable. For II agreement proves impossible under circumstances apparently as favorable IT IS hard to see how and when the task 1T securing it will be successfully re- sumed."
 l AS COuuCli states IL VIII later SUD- mt its recommendations to the assem- ply of the league of nations.
 The draft of the proposed world court given out today consists of six ty-two articles divided into three chapters on organization, competence or court and procedure. A preamble states the general purposes of the court as follows:
 Purposes of World Court
 A permanent court of International justice to which parties shall have di- rect access, is hereby established in accordance with article If of the cove nant of the league of nations This court shall be in addition to the court of arbitration organized by The Hague convention of 1859 and 1907, and to the special tribunals of arbitration to which states are always at liberty to submit their disputes for settlement
 Article two and three give the mem bership of the court as follows:
 The permanent court of interna- uonal justice shall be composed of a body of independent judges, elected re- gardless of their nationality from amongst persons of high moral char acter who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recog- nlzed competence in international law
 The court shall consist of 15 mem
 
 The number of judges and deputy judges may be hereafter increased by the assembly upon the proposal of the council of the league of nations to a. total of 15 judges and deputy judges.
 Manner of Choosing Judges
 The manner of choosing the judges by the different national groups is pro vlded. The members of the court are elected for nine years. The president and vice president of the court serve for fhv-no is established at The Hague. A ses- sion shall be held each year beginning June Is, and an extra session may be called whenever necessary by the pres ident of the court, who must reside at The Hague. The full court shall sit. but if II judges are not available. g judges shall suffice to constitute the court Three judges sit in chambers annually to hear and determine sum mary procedure. Salaries of the court are fixed and expenses borne by the league of nations.
 Article 31 gives the court jurisdic- ton over suits between states. The court is open by right to states be- longing to the league. Other states may have access to it under conditions provided by the league.
 Article B provides: ''When a dis pute has arisen between states and it has been found impossible to settle it by diplomatic means and no agreement has been made to choose another juris- diction, the party complaining may bring the case before the court. The court shall first of all decide whether the proceeding conditions have been compiled with; if so, it shall arrange and determine the dispute according g to the terms and within the limits of the next article"
 Jurisdiction of Court
 The question which the court is com petent to determine between members of the league are given as follows:
 '"The interpretation of a treaty.
 EsAny question of international law.
 asThe existence of any fact which, if established would constitute breach Of an international obligation.
 s.The nature or extent of the repara- lion to be made for the breach of an international obligation.
 .eThe interpretation Of a sentence passed by the court
 The court also shall take cognizance of all disputes of any kind which may be submitted to it by a general or par tic1lar convention between the parties. S-Lo co77rt in considering questions ap- TIies international conventions, inter raffonal customs. general principles or , rocooDfzed ny civilized nations, a11 decisions and teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of various nations - l..
 e+ate desiring to have recourse to 4,,a court makes application to the reeistrar. who notifies the court and -4-ernbers of the league If the dispute Concerns an act which is imminent the + ,,o- mower to suggest provisional .-,-,,,-oe cou- to preserve the rights of the la~+ies lll5-t5s.s The hearings shall be public and 'nl the the decision of the court shall be hr- all" -,,a aforftv. In case of tie the presi 5s,+ casts the deciding vote The or ficiaI language of the cooT' bs ls Pnfbor- fl,1 but another language may pe ''u u''iO1 ized. --.7o- for the re-
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