Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-10
SOUTH AMERICA
SOLID FOR ROOT
League Delegates Hope Jurist
Will Accept Seat In Inter-
national Court
ELECTION NEXT WEDNESDAY

by the, hSSOCHsoO SEcoo
Geneva, Sept. 1O.--Elihu Root, the
American jurist, will receive the unani-
nous vote Of the South American dele
gates to the League of Nations Assem-
bly, when the election of judges for the
permanent International Court Of Jus
tice is held Wednesday next
Many Of them also favor Mr.. Root
as chief justice OF the court. They ex
pressed confidence that Mr.. Root will
accept when he sees the unanimity of
the demand that he serve, and plans
for his election are going forward on
this theory.
Dispatches from Washington telling
of Mr.. Root comforting with President
Harding are interpreted in League cir
cles to mean that Mr.. Root will with
draw his objections to election to the
court IL President Harding approves.
will receive definite indications that Mr..
Root will accept before the election is
held.
Says Election Is Assured
A. r. Reistrepo, head Of the Colom-
day that all the South American coun-
tries would vote for Mr.. Root.
Colombia and, believe. all the
other South American countries want
Mr.. Root in the international court"
said Senior Reistrepo. His election is
assured" " ..
Discussion of work done by the Coun-
Gil of the League last year was resumed
by the Assembly today. There was
evident q desire on the part of the
delegates present to finish the debate
before Monday so the way might be
cleared for the election of judges We'd
nesday.
Six delegates, including A.. J. Bal
four, of Great Britain; Viscount Ishii,
of Japan, and V. X. Wellington Koo,
Of China, were to speak today.
Speech by Austrian Delegate
Former enemy states made their first
appearance in the debates Of the pres
ent assembly when Count Albert Mems
trian delegate. took the floor this morn :
ing to speak on the work of the COun
Gil of the League.
Count Mensdorf pictured the eco
nomic and financial situation Of Aus
tria and reviewed the work done by the
Council toward restoration Of the coun
try. He urged that measures decided
upon be applied at the earliest possible
moment so that Austria might be able
to work out her own salvation.
M. Spalaikovitch, the Jugo- Slay
delegate, made bitter attack upon AL.
bania and criticized the action of the
| Assembly last year in admitting AL
bania to the League.
Albania is not n State" he de.
clared. 1T never had frontiers .ant
can no more be considered country
now than it could last year..
The chairman of the Assembly en-
deavored, by invoking the time limit. tC
put an end to this speech, which mad'
a painful impression on the Assembly.
Rebulsed BY Balfour
Arthur J. Balfour, the British repre-
sentative. relieved the. tension resulting
from Spalaikovitch's speech by correct
| ing what he said were mistaken deduc
tions. Albania, he said. had n perfec
right to appeal from the Council o
the League to the Assembly for set
| tlement of the entire dispute bctweel
/ Albania, Greece and Jugo -slavia, ant
that the question would come up in it
regular order.
Mr.. Balfour replied to the criticism
of the Council. recently voiced by HAL
mar Branting. of Sweden, and Henr
La Fontaine, of Belgium.
ut is most unfortunate" he said
that any member of the League should
as did Mr.. Branting, accuse the Coun
Gil of unworthy motives and the Leagu
of partiality; but when 1t comes fror
Mr.. Branting 1t causes particular pain
l regret immensely the absence of i'm
portant countries from our Council
How can the countries in the Leagu
adopt n scheme OF disarmament whe
they cannot know whether it will b
followed by those outside the. League"
Mr.. Bafour dwelt especially upo
the impossibility Of League control c
private making and trading in arm
when some of the most important arms
making countries were outside til
League.
Disarmament and Mandates
He said he regretted the lack Of re
suits with regard to disarmament, br
, reminded the delegates that they wei
not living in world where peace an
order reigned to such an extent as
permit Of prompt solution.
when we are no longer in the mid
Of wars and rumors of wars" NJ
Balfour declared. "it will then be
simple matter"
Regarding the mandates question. NJ
|, Balfour said it was not so simple
Lord Robert Cecil, the South Africa
delegate. appeared to think to arranl
3 the basis on which such large pa
q of the globe was to be governed (,
4 many years. He hoped the commissic
studying the problem would be able
= make progress toward it's solution.