Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-14
]. B MOORE JUDGE
IN WORLD court
American Elected on Second
Ballot---Nine Other Jurists
Chosen by Assembly
HOLD UP MANDATE ISSUE
BY the Associated r. IS


Geneva. Sept. IA. = John Basset'
Moore was elected a Judge OF the In
tcrnational Court of Justice by the as
sembly Of the League Of Nations on the
second ballot in the voting for member,
OF the court, which began here at III
clock this morning, On the first bal
lot he received twelve votes. the other
Americans receiving votes as follows
DR.. Roscoe Pound, @; Elihu Root, T.
and James Brown Scott, z. -,
DR.. Rafael Altamira Crevea, OF
Spain; DR.. Ruy Barbosa, of brazil :;
Vjscount Robert Finlay, OF Great Brit
ain: DR., Alexandra Alvarez, OF Chile !:
Or. Antonio 8. De Bustamente, Of
Cuba; DR.. Andre Weiss, Of France !;
Or. YoroEu Oda, Of Japan DIR. Is. t.
G. Loder, Of Holland, and Commendn-
tore Dionisio Anzilotti. OF Italy, We're
elected by the Assembly on the hrSt
ballot.
Council Approves -Four
The Council of the League, which
met at the Secretariat Simultaneous
with the meeting of the Assembly III
Reformation Hall. confirmed the As
sembly's choice of yiscount Finlay;, u
Weiss, DIR. Oda and Signor Anziiotti'
who, consequently, were definitely elect
ed to the Court. =,
The voting Of the Assembly was on
rollcall by states. Forty y-two voted,
twenty two ballots thus being necessary
for election.
The first ballot gave yiscOunt Fin
Law % votes; DR.. Weiss, 80; Signor
Ansilotti. "a; DR.. Oda, 20; DR.: Bar
bosa, So; DR.. Loder, "a; Or. Alvarez
"a; DR.. De Bustamente, 20 DR.. AL
tsu;ro Creyea. %; John Bassett
Moore. u; Or. Roscoe Pound, @; Elihu
Root. 2; Professor James Brown Scott.
2; Judge X. II. L. Hammarsktold, or
Sweden 0, DR.. Max Huber, Of Switz-
erland, IA; Judge d. Nyholm, of Den
mark, II: Sir Robert l.. Borden, OF
Canada, 12; DR.. Franz Klein. Of Aus
tria, o; Auguste Soares, Of Portgual, Z.
= Won't Intervene In Mandates
Decision not to intervene in the
mandates question pending the result
Of present negotiations between the
principal mandatory Powers and the
United States was reached today by thc
special commission Of the League of
Nations recently named In connection
with a resolution presented to the
League Assembly by Lord Robert Cecil.
representative Of the Union of South
Africa. Lord Roberts motion ex-
pressed the desire that the two princi'
pal classes of mandates for former Ger.
man colonies be Immediately defined and
expressed regret for the delay in their
definition.
When the commission met. Herbert
A. L. Fisher, of Great Britain, told
the members that it would be inoppor
tune for the commission to intervene
before the negotiations had been con-
cluded. The commission decided that
the result Of the negotiations be
awaited.
Would Reassure Public
Lord Robert, who is a member of
the commission, dwelt during debate On
the question upon the advantages OF
presenting an Interpretation of Article
XXI Of the covenant, which deals with
the mandates question, in some form
calculated to assure public opinion that
the mafidatory Powers were observing
the spirit Of the covenant.
After discussion by other members
Of the commission, including Viscount
lshii, of Japan; Paul Hymans, of
Belgium; the Marquis Imperiali. Of
Italy, and NJ. Reynald, of France, it
was decided to send letter TO the
council OF the League, upon which de-
wolves the duty of defining the terms OF
the mandates, expressing regret at the
delay.
New York. Sept. 14.-(By A. P)-
John Bassett Moore announced at his
residence here today that he would ac-
cept election to the International Court
Of Justice. He is in his sixty first
year.
Mr.. Moore has been professor of in
ternational law and diplomacy at Co
lumbia University for twenty years. and
has had varied public service in,
volying international relations.
He was law clerk of the Depart.
ment of State in 1885, Third Assistant
Secretary of State from 1886 to 1891
Assistant Secretary of State in 1898,
secretary and counsel of the Spanish :
American Peace Commission in 1898.
counselor Of the State Department in
1914. He has been q member of the
permanent court at The Hague since
1914 and is vice chairman OF the In
ternational High Commission organized
ut the Pan American Financial Confer
ence in 1915. He has written many
books dealing with international rels