The New York herald., 1921-09-14
BRITISH EMPIRE
TO GET TWO JUDGES
ViscOunt Robert Finlay of
England and Sir Robert
Borden Of Canada.
JOHN B. MOORE FOR U. s.
France, Italy, Japan and Bra
zil Likely to Get Court
Places.
JOHN B. MOORE FOR U. s.

Special Cable TO THE New SoaF HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New YoRK HEnAIn.
GENEVA, Sept. 13.-The British empire
is likely to get two of the eleven places
on the International Court. the elections
for which will be held tomorrow One
OF these would go to England in the per-
son OF Viscount Robert Finlay and one
to Canada In the person of Sir Robert
Borden, former Premier.
1t seems that the League of Nations
Council will control the election because
of voting system which 1t has devised
giving it practically veto over the
assembly's choice. The council intends
to hold the election in progress until the
assembiys selections meet its approval.
This means that the smaller nations. who
control the assembly and who have made
all sorts of combinations. will get
stepped on.
One of these combinations made to-
day would give practically all of the
places on the court to the smaller ma
t.ons, which IS what may result on the
first ballot.
Slate Chosen by Powers.
i
ever, includes viscount Finlay of Great
Britain. Dr. Andrew Weiss, professor of
international law at the College de
France; Commentators Dionisio AMI
lotti OF Italy, Uncer Secretary Of the
League of Nations DR.. Ada of Japan.
Prof John Bassett Moore of the United
States DR.. Ruy Barbosa of Brazil.
Sir Robert Borden of Canada, DR.. B. r.
c. I.oder of Holland, legal adviser to
the Foreign Office, and n. Y. Holm Of
Denmark. with one or possibly two. of
the remaining places for Spanish speak
ing nations.
Elihu Roots name has not yet been
withdrawn because the secretariat holds
that he has never officially declined the
nomination.
Consequently Mr. Root may receive
few votes tomorrow, thus slightly af-
fecting Americas chances. as some Of
the votes also will go to DR.. Roscoe
Pound, dean Of the Harvard Law
School. There is deep conviction
among many that the court may be the
only thing which will survive this
league. Charles J. Doherty. Minister of
Justice of Canada, to-day described it
as the soul of the league"
Assembly Criticised.
Two BRUSH commons, CANADA and
Australia levelled criticism to-day at
the fact. demonstrated by two years
of experience. that this assembly is
an experiment. and that the delegates
are being called to Geneva to waste
time discussing many absurd yet rami-
Tying projects. wh;;a its great objective
in making war more difficult is getting
nowhere.
Mr. Bruce Of Australia said that the
leagues various subsidiary activities
were putting the whole scheme in danger
OF falling to the ground. 1T Is too
much overweighted with it's own enthu-
siasm and its own desire to achieve
too much" he said. The same argument
was made by Mr.. Doherty, who spoke
for the people of the more remote ma
tions, to whom he said the league
brought few advantages and whose in
terest would not continue unless the
league concentrated on big questions
of the day
Speeches made to-day by representa-
tives Of the British dominions were cx
pressive of the general disappointment
running here at the spiritless nature of
this session. its absolute lack of spon-
taneity. and that its committee sessions
were devoted 10 fruitless academic dis
cussions.