Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-15
Root World Peace
Plan Made Public;
Sent to Nations

t
ters of the league of nations tSday
made public that text Of the project
for a permanent court of interna-
tional justice, as adopted by The
Hague committee of iurists, Of which
Elihu Root was a member, together
with a letter from the council of
the league to all governments which
have entered the league of nations.
The council Of the league in it's
Letter to the governments says:
The council does not propose to
express any opinion on the merits
of the scheme until they have had
full opportunity of considering it,
1t states that the project was pre-
pared by most competent tribunal
representing widely different nation
al points Of view,and adds:
'The council would regard ire
concilable difference Of opinion on
the merits of the scheme as an in
ternational misfortune Of the gravest
kind.
TT would mean that the league
was publicly compelled to admit it's
incapacity to carry out one Of the
most important of the tasks which
it was invited to perform.
THE failure would be great and
probably irreparable. for if agree
ment proves impossible under cir
cumstances apparently so favorable.
it is hard to see how and when the
task OF securing it will be success
fully resumed
The council states it will later sub
NIT it's recommendations to the as
sembly OF the league Of nations.
TIE entire project, consisting of
sixty-two articles, is divided into
three chapters on organization. COM
pletence Of court and procedure. A
preamble states the general purposes
of the court as follows:
A permanent court OF internation-
al justice, to which parties shall
have direct access is hereby estab-
fourteen Of the covenant Of the
league OF nations.
This court shall be in addition to
the court Of arbitration organized by
The Hague convention OF 1899 and
1907 and to the special tribunals OF
arbitration to which states are al
ways at liberty to submit their dis
putes for settlement
Articles two and three give the
membership of the court as follows:
"The permanent court of interna-
tional justice shall be composed Of a
body OF independent judges, elected
regardless OF their nationality from
among persons OF high moral charac-
ter, who POSSESS the qualifications
required, in their respective coun-
tries, for appointment to the high
est judicial offices or are juriscon-
suits OF recognized competence in
international law.
1.-THE court shall consist OF fifteen
members -eleverl judges and four
deputy judges. The numberN OF
judges and deputy judges may be
hereafter increased by the assembly
upon the proposal Of the council Of
the league of nations to total OF
fifteen judges and six deputy
Judges
The mannerof choosing the judges
bf the different national groups is
provided. The members iof the court
are elected for nine years. The pres
ident and vice president of the court
serve for three years.
The manner of choosing the Judges
OF the different national groups is
each year, beginning June Is, and an
extraordinary session may be called
whenever necessary by the president
OF the court. who must reside at The
Hague.
The full court Of eleven judges
shall sit. but If eleven are not avail
able nine judges shall suffice to con-
stitute the court. Three judges sit
in chambers annually to hear and
determine summary procedure.