Evening star., 1920-02-14
COUNCIL TO meet
IN ROME MARCH IS
Ends First Meeting in Lon
don to Reveal Result of
s. Secret Meetings.

NfO.NIDO.>. 10 'Oy lhV no
sociated Press).-The council of the
league of nations transacted its first
international business in st. James
Palace today with the naming of Elihu
Root as one of twelve international
jurists to be invited to form a com
mittee for planning the organization
of world court of justice. The Unit
ed States was not represented at the
meeting.
The council concluded it's sessions
today and the next meeting of the
council was fixed for March Is at
Rome.
Today's meeting was for the pur-
pose of making pubic and openly rati-
flying the results of the councils Sc
cret deliberations.
Arthur j. Balfour. who presided,
said he anticipated the leagues flu
ture with the utmost confidence If
the experiences of the last few days
sire any indication of what 1t viii
d."
.i."If the nations Of the world can all
assemble and discuss questions in the
future in the same busineSs'ike.
friendly and conciliatory spirit mark
ing these proceedings" Mr.. Ralfour
declared. Il cannot doubt that the
service which the league is capable
Of rendering mankind is almost in
calculab!e."
Says League should Create Court.
Leon Bourgeois of France. reviewing
ipeevious attempts to establish an in
ternational tribunal capable of settling
amicably disputes between nations,
said:
TN spite of it's title. The Hague court
Is not q court OF justice and Is still less
q permanent court. IT is for the league
" nations, an outcome of the war of
nations to establish q permanent court
This league will be set free from all
national preoccupatioEs for the exercise
OF its sovereign jurisdiction. will be cal
cH'ated to remove all anxieties and will
guarantee against attack the principal
Of the equality of nations"
4 Count Quinones de Leon Of Spain, pre-
oeRted proposals for the formation of
. permanent organization to deal with
league duties pertaining to the questions
ef transit, ports. waterways and rail-
ways He suggested that to this body
Be submitted drafts of general and in
'ternationaf conventions on these matters
Dr. Gastoa fu funhd, representing
Brazii, announced the councils decision
20 invite the leagues health commits
Elof 10 cofStitulC q conference OF inter-
national experts for the prepa ration of
proposals for a permanent body to ad-
wise the council on health questions.
The council agreed to admit Switzef-
lhhd as an original member of the
league OF nations. accepting the Swiss
governments conditions for maint ain :
Ing Swiss neutrality and her refusal
to participate in any military opera
uens undertaken under the auspices
g the league or to permit the passage
of foreign troops through Swiss ter
f3t0ry, but agreeing to participate in
any economic pressure applied by the
league. Switzerlands adHiss to the
lfague, however. is dependent upon a
Hwiss referendum. confirming these
conditions.
Balfesr Speaks for Swiss.
Mr.. Balfeur. explaining Switzeriand's g
position with regard to the league of
nations, said that complete neutrality
n everything, economic and military.
vas clearly inconsistent with the po-
sdtion of member of the league, but
Sdded that switzerland seemed pre-
pared to accept conditions within the
required stipulations substantially. II
hot formally, and that therefore the
council was agreed to overrule OBJ
Hctions which might be raised.
IA resolution was adopted. which.
while Affirming that the neutrality OF
q member of the LEAGUE was ineompat-
Vie with tne pTlFctDlS tN2I Eli Tie IT.
kers would be obliged to cooperate
81 enforcing respect for their engage
Aents. recognizes that Switzerland is
Nm Q unique situation based on tradi-
Hon of several centuries which has
4eeR explicitly incorporated in the law
81 nations"
I'm connection with the court Of in
>eerHational justice Mr.. Falfour an
Asunced that the courcii had prom
tped te consider certain German and
austrian proposals regarding compo-
9tion of the court.
" Agree on Note On Fiume.
s.fhe supreme council today agreed
$iume. which, it. is intimated plainly
tAforms the Jugoslavs that some
hFreemeHt must be reached soon if
auiet Is to he exDected in the Adriatic.
RFemier Nitti of Italy is reported to
~ satisfied with the note prepared
Sbday. So far as can he ascertained
fhe council will make no concessions
Pom the last proposal sent to the
tlgeslavs.
ia Eaar basin commission vas ap-
tpinted, cons sting of NJ Bault. MEM
Yer of the French council of stete,
khairman: Alfred Won Boch Landrath
" Saarleuis for Saar, Count de
Moltke Hvidtfeldt for Denmark and
Haj Lambert for Belgium. fifth
MEMBER of the cowmisson will he
announced later. Each member will
BE paid 100000 francs yearly. the
chairman receiving an extra $4,000
francs for entertaining.
On the motion of Paren Matsui. the
Japanese representative the council
Agreed to place under the guarantee
IL the league the stipulations of the
treaty between the United States.
Great Britain, France, Italy and
tapan. on the one side. and Poland
In the other. in 80 far as they af-
faot nsrsans heiaaP;nS ta racial re-
ligious or linguistic ninerities in
Raland