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unsofynbIe. Upon III many dim
cuIties the second Hague confer
en6o 81 1907 went . djsastaf. No
way has, up till now BEEN found Of
solving the, conflict OF interest be-
tween the biz powers who claimed
the right always to have q repre-
sentative on court and the little
powers VINO refused % fecosl1e
any system OF seiection oestIvyue
the tneory Oh the equa..y y. ~
ereien STATES: Inc eAis.enee ~ .Ie
league solved TINS pfopsem i.u
lately. ALREADY ID the oredni1st.on
Of the league itself q disunetion
had been MADE oetWeen inc p.e
powers VINO are Always nepieSsns
90 ON tne coynch ana tne l.us pow
ers VINO SIT on the council Wy .v-
tation anu VINO form me ssseMoly
OF the league. AROUND TINS scnenle
u was posslDie 10 weave q system
OF JOINT setection OF Juoses Wy 'ne
council wnicn gave tne Dig powers
reasonaoie assurance Vi cons.an'
representation On ene cou i'u W.
at tne same tiine' lofeins tne n...e
powers 70 recos1l1e tue lep' ISL .
tation a. = matter OF risn- ns
soiution, u snouid DC AoSso, ~
proposed ana put through oy Illuu
Root.
Court Depends on League.
1.-THE constitution Of the court
therefore, will depend entirely upon
the existence Of the rest of the
league. If there were no league
there would be no method Of selec-
ton of judges and consequently the
world would be in exactly the same
state as in 1907 when The Hague
conference created a full court pro.
iect without being able to agree or
| the method of securing its person.
mel. From this viewpoint it follows
that a nation not a member of thu
League of Nations could not take
part in the selection of the judges
of this court for it would be rep
resented on neither the assembl,
nor the council of the league.
But II the court is essential Il
the league, the league is . thou
sand times more essential to thu
court. 1t is through the league tina
1.-THE field of inte-eational agree
ments is going to be enlarged. Th'
league already haa functioning bod
les for the creation OF internationa
understandings international labor
health, transportation, disarma
ment, financial, etc. While every
ono Of the agreements arrived .
in international conference unde
the auspices of the league must b.
approved by the individual govern
ments before becoming effective TO
those governments, nevertheless tn
existence Of a constant machiner,
Of conference assures the develop
ment of a whole vast series of ney
agreements between nations.
All Parts Essential.
| "Indeed the asaemh,y the comr
ri, and tha various nermanent com
r,,.s;nrs ~ tho Ia. enc :. 70 &c ..uar
t;.I tn Tho 1ayirr down ~ nnda,
stardirre for tho corrt ~ intarn,,e
,nd odm;n;sts- a. Tho ..n.to an
the house in the United states ar
essential for the laying down G
agreements OF the supreme court I
interpret. The league NAV neye
attempt to enforce any Of the d.
cisions of the court any moro tha
. the government of the Unite
States has attempted to enforce an
of the decisions of the court as BIZ
, tween the states of the union. BIZ
the league will ALWAYS be a yer
powerful force behind the court {
international Justice supporting
by the mere prestige Of its presene
and in the final analysis by til
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