New Britain herald., 1921-09-07
NATIONAL COURT
 NOW A CERTAINTY
Three Countries Name Elihu Root;
 Elections Come Soon

Geneva, Sept. 7--Sominations for lho Is judges of the International Court of Justice. which have been .L.ade by most of the national dele rutions at the Hague Court of Arbi- tration. are said to assure plenty of excellent material to choose from when tho election Is reached toward t1s end of the program of the sec p1d annual session of the League of NAtlona Assembly which opens here tomorrow.
 Final establishment of tho world tribunal has been assured by the ratification of tho protocol hy more tltFn the 2I states required to make ,alid and there Is every reason to believe. officials say, that the court wifl be in action before the end of tho present year
 Two Americans. Elihu Root and Dr. Roscoe Pound. appear among the ju- diciaI candidates submittd. Mir. Root has been nominated by three coun- trtes-Italy. Brazil and Bolivia. The Presiding Justiceshlp thus may fall to Il nation whose government is not rep resented In the League of Nations.
 Tho other nominations present n
 
 country may nominate four candidates bat two of these ust belong to othor rationalities Great Britain has only made one nomination--that of Wis count Robert Finlay-and this ex- sn,ple has been followed by her de- pendencies
 Few other countries have failed to make use of their full right of nomi- nt ton. In n number of instances this s'fht has been employed to acccntuate the solidarity of various racial or re- gtonal groups. as those of Scandinavia. Scuth America and the Little Entente CT middle Europe.
 Thus tho Swedcs have nominated two of their own eountrymcn, q Nor tsegian and Dane; the Sorwegians. a pano and n Swede besides their own two men. and the Danes a Swede and q Norwegian in addition to two Danes Tte list Of nominations submitted by ne czechoslocak group consists of one Czccho- Slovakian. one JuEoslavian. one Rumanian and one Greek.
 Prior to the establishment of the International ourt Of Justice. num- Ter of important political questions vii come before he Assembly. Fore most looms the Tacna Africa dispute.
 
 put on the agenda. Chile has given notice that her delegates will move the previous question when this item Is cached. their contention being that lhe matter involved does not fall wihin fhe Jurisdiction of tho League of Ma tons as outlined hy the covenant. Chile l. said t1 have taken n very determtn- cd stand. A number of the smaller rhttona, on the other hand. arc de- eifous Of having similar controversies ad iratcd hy League action,
 The Aibanians are seeking n change of appeal from the decision of the Council to have their complaints against Jugoslavia and Greece re- f, rcd to tho Council of Ambassadors irstCad of to the League. The Wilma a"d tho Aland Island dispute also will como before the session in one form | CIT another. IL is not expected that tho Gicision Of Sllesia will come up | Ter discussion and II safe to assume ahat Germany will not bo admitted un- 'tl it ia too latc for her to raise it.
 Several of he reports to he submit 'e3. Ike hose of the Temporary Dis arinamrnt Commission. the Advisory s'nmmIttac on the Traffic in Opium. and tho Provisional Economic and II Financial Commission. must necas-