New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Eighty -four Candidates for Court

GENEVA, Sept o (By The Associ-
ated Press The time limit for nomi-
nations of judges for the Court of
international Justice closed Monday
with eightyninc candidates put for
ward by thirty-fve different states.
Five of these since have been removed
from the list on account of declina-
tions to stand for election Those
who have withdrawn are Leon Bour-
geois and Henri Fromageot, France;
Paul Hymans, Belgium; Christian l..
Lange, Norway, and Manuel Gonzales,
Spain.
No direct word has yet been received
from Elihu Root. and the League Council
still considers him a candidate. League
officials are endeavoring to get in touch
with Tomasso Tittoni, the italian states
man now visiting the United States,
who is presumed to be the only man
closely connected with the League who
knows exactly what are Mr. Roots in
tentlons regarding his nomination.
Chances of Candidates
Of the candidates for election it is
generally conceded that DR.. Ruy Bar
bosa, of Brazil, will be chosen. Others
considered as having the best chances
of election are Lord Robert Finley,
Great Britain; DR.. B. T. C. Loder, Hol-
land; Baron E. 7. Marks Won Wurtem-
burg, Sweden; Mr. Root or John Bas-
sett Moore, United States; DR.. Andre
Weiss, a judge of the Hague Court,
France; Michailo Jovanovic, Jugo-
Slavia; Dionisio Anzilotti, Italy; DR..
Iorozu Oda, Japan; DR.. Franz Klein,
Austria, and representative of the
British dominions, Sir Robert L. Bor-
den or Charles J. Doherty, Canada, or
Sir Johannes Wilhelmus Vessels, South
Africa.
The American group of judges at
The Hague court allowed the time
limit to expire without sending in a
nominee. The delegates here generally
agreed that an American must be
elected to the court, and that he will
be Mr.. Root, if he does not officially
decline, in which case probably Mr.
Moore will be chosen.
The election is expected to be long
one, with many of the countries vot-
Ing for favorite sons, who are consid-
cred as having no real chance of cleo
tlon. 1t Will require twenty-onc votes
10 erect, II all the states now present
at the Assembly participate in the
election The appointment of a Joint
committee of the Assembly and the
Council composed of three men from
each party, as provided for in the
statutes, it is generally expected, will
not be necessary in order to reconcile
the lists which will be elected separ-
ately by the Council and the Assembly.
Blockade Issue Held I'm
The time is not ripe for definite
understanding of the methods for an
plying the economic blockade against
offending members Of the League OF
Nations, and this provision should not
pc interpreted until the authority OF
the League is recognized by all ma.
tons and the press, was the conclusion
reached by the Leagues commission
on disarmament at public session
this afternoon
The difficulty of enforcing an eco.
nomic blockade against a nation not 3
member of the League of Nations was
admitted by Lord Robert Cecil anc
other delegates. 1t was suggested thai
an understanding must be reached wifi
non-members on this point. Rem,
Viviani,, France, told the commission
that when Article 16 of the covenant
was framed it was thought peace hat
arrived, but, unfortunately, peace wa,
yet. to be organized, and no definite
understanding should be attempted
until all nations and the press accepted
the Leagues jurisdiction
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen to-day filed will
the League Norway's acceptance Of tn,
! obligatory jurisdiction clause Of til.
: Permanent Court of international JUS
lice for period of five wears.