New-York tribune., 1921-06-20
World Court
Election Open
To Americans
U. s. Hague Arbitrators In
vited to Name Four Candi-
dates for New Interna-
tional Tribunal of Justice
Open Session for League
Issues Before Council To-
day Will BE Argued in
Public for the First Time

GENEVA, June 19 (By The Asso-
ciated Press).- .-Elihu Root, Judge
George Gray, Of Delaware; John Bas-
sett Moore and Oscar S. Straus have
been invited by the Council of the
League OF Nations in their capacity as
members Of the Hague arbitration
tribunal TO propose the names of four
persons, no more than two Of whom
shall be Americans, as candidates for
election as judges of the Permanent
Court OF international Justice.
The Assembly of the League of Ma
tons and the Council of the league
will hold the election in September.
According to the. sections Of the plans
for the court which Mr.. Root drew up,
the judges will be chosen from a list
of candidates proposed by all the
membersof the Hague court. The
candidates, IN order to be elected, must
BE approved by both the Assembly and
the Council. Should the Council and
Assembly be unable to agree, the dead.
lock will be broken by joint COM
mittee selected from these two bodies.
Hope is expressed in league circles
that Mr.. Root and his colleagues may
find it possible to propose names, even
Though the United States is outside the
league, since these candidates will be
for election as judges who are sup
posed to be entirely Independent Of
governmental or political considera
tlons. American names, if presented,
are certain of election, 1T Is said.
Council Meets To-day
American Judges may be nominated
by other representatives, OF the Hague
court in case Mr.. Root and his col.
leagues do not find it eXpedient to
make the nominations themselves.
The Council of the league will hold
it's first open session tomorrow, and
controversial questions will be debated.
Hjalmar BrantiBg, the Swedish Social
ist leader and former Minister Of FL
nance, will present Sweden's claims to
the Aland Islands, and c. ]. A. Enckell,
the Finnish Minister in Paris and for
mer Foreign Minister, will reply in be-
half of Finland.
The public sessions previously held
have been only Tor the purpose of an
nouncing decisions already taken on
questions discussed privately, but it
was decided after u long debate to make
the experiment of open meetings for
acCOal DISCUSSIONS.
The Council has disposed Of all ques-
tions regarding Danzig, has approved
the budget of 1922 and also approved
the Consultative Transit Commission
appointed by the Barcelona conference.
Other important questions are the
Polish Lithuanian dispute, the Albanian
complaints against Greece and Jugo-
Slavia, and action on the report of the
Commission on Amendments. 1t is
hoped TO dispose of the agenda before
the end of the week.
Court to Have Eleven Judges
Invitations TO name the American
candidates for judges Of the Permanent
Court of International Justice have not
yet been received by Mr.. Straus and
Mr.. Moore, those men said last night.
Until such invitations are received, they
added, no arrangements would be made
for calling meeting and selecting the
American candidates.
The Permanent Court of Interna-
tional Justice is to have eleven judges
and four alternates. They are to serve
for nine years. The court sits perma-
nently at The Hague The judges of
the Permanent Court of Arbitral Jus
tice (the Hague tribunal) in non1i.
mating the Judges of the Court OF In
ternational Justice are expected to
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