Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-16

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~ cratic presidential nominee, is
out with approval of the world court
plan as outlined from London, and
used it with telling effect in his speech
last night at Salt Lake City.
The headquarters of the League
of Nations at London Tuesday made
public the text of the project for
permanent court of international JUS
tice, as adopted by The Hague com
mittee of jurists, of which Elihu Root
was a member, together with letter
from the council of the league to all
governments whic hhave enacted the
League of Nations.
The council in its letter to the gov
ernments says:
"The council does not propose to
express any opinion on the merits of
the scheme until it has had full
opportunity of considering it.
1t states, however, that the pro-
ject was prepared by most compe-
tent tribunal, representing wide
ly different national points of view
1t adds
'The council would regard an ir-
reconcilable difference of opinion on
the merits of the scheme as an in
ternational misfortune of the grav-
est kind. 1t would mean that the
league was publicly compelled to adj
nit its incapacity to carry out one
of the most important of the tasks
which it was invited to perform.
The failure would be great and prob
ably irreparable, for if agreement
proves impossible under circum-
stances apparently so favorable, it is
hard to see how and when the task
of securing it will be successfully re-
sumed."
The council states it will later sub
NIT its recommendation to the as
sembly of the League of Nations
Some of the features of the pro-
posed world court already have been
summarized from The Hague, but
the draft given out today gives the
exact terms of the entire project
consisting of sixty-two articles, di-
vided into three chapters on organ
lzation, competence of court and
procedure. A preamble states the
general purposes f the court as fol-
! lows:
Purpose of Court.
"a permanent court of interna-
tional Justice to which parties shall
have direct access is hereby estab-
/ lished, in accordance with article
XIV of the covenant of the league
of nations. This court shall be in
addition to the court of arbitration
organized by The Hague convention
| in 1899 and 1907 and to the special
| tribunals of arbitration to which
states are always at liberty to sub
nit their disputes for settlement"
Articles II and III give the men,
bership 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
amongst persons of high moral char
acter, who possess the qualifications
required in their respective countries
for appointment to the highest judi
cial offices, or are juristconsults of
recognized competence in interna-
tional law.
"The court shall consist of fifteen
| members, eleven judges and four
deputy judges. 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 total of
fifteen judges and six deputy Judges
The manner of choosing the
judges by the different national
groups is provided The members
of the court are elected for nine
years. The presid ent and the vice
presidens of the court serve fc
three years. The seat of the court
is established at The Hague. sos
sion shall be held each year, begin