Evening star., 1922-02-19
FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE
LONG in TRAINING FOR DUTIES

time.
O. In carrying out the provisions Of the
covenant Of the league of nations Tor
the establishment of the world court,
an advisory committee of ten jurists
was appointed to formulate draft
scheme of the court. Mr.. Root ana
Lord Phillimore of England were the
leading members Of the committee.
1t reported to the council OF the
league Of nations. The council rec
commended important changes in the
draft scheme and referred 1t to the
assembly of the league OF natlons'
which in turn referred 1t to the So
called third committee OF the assem-
bly. composed Of one representative
from each member nation. In tnal
committee 1t was referred again to
subcommittee of ten, five OF whom
were members of the advisory conn
mittee. The plan was perfected ana
was finally accepted by the assembly
and the council and sent to the chan
cellories of the world for ratification.
Thus far it has been ratified by thirty
three nations.
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DIR. Loder was the vice president OF
the advisory committee, the repre-
sentative of Holland in the assembly
and on the third committee and
member of the subcommittee. or the
other judges Of the world court. Jus
tice Rafael Altimira Crevea OF
Spain was a member of the advisory
committee; Justice Dionisio Anzilotti
of Italy, the undersecretary general
Of the league. was the secretary OF
the advisory committee, and Justice
Max Huber, the German-speaking
member Of the court. and Justice
Dumitriu Negalescu of Rumania were
members of the third committee Of the
assembly.
DR.. Loder played a very prominent
part in the work Of each Of these or
ganizations. In preparation for the
work of the advisory committee his
government sent him to Paris and
London to gather data. 1t was no
doubt upon his own inspiration that
his government convened conference
at The Hague early in the year 1920.
composed Of representatives Of Nor
way. Sweden, Denmark. Switzerland
and Holland. DR.. Loder was the pres
ident Of this conference, which drafted
the well known five-power plan. This
plan, submitted by the neutral powers.
together with the project for = court
Of arbitral justice which grew out OF
the instructions Of Mr.. Root. as Secre-
tary of State. to Mr.. Choate at the
second Hague conference and which
was given form in great measure by
DR.. James Brown Scott OF the Car
negie Endowment. were used az the
basis for discussion in the advisory
committee. "a
The history OF the evolution Of the
world court goes back 70 mAn1 sAAsfs
ican and European pioneers In the
work for international Justice. The
founder Of the American Peace So
ciety, William Ladd. born in New
Britain, Conn. deserves special men-
ton. His addresses in the thirties
forecast, with remarkable precision.
many Of the principal features Of the
international court Of justice as final
ly adopted. It was he who first DIFF
ferenttated the. world court concep-
ton from the world. congress- pro-
posals.
other historic plans, even William
Penn's, provided for the enforcement
Of the DEGREES of the court or congress
by the united military forces Of the
nations, but William Ladd's plan re-
lied upon the sanction Of public opin-
ion for their enforcement.
The court Of justice would have been
established after the second Hague
conference but for the failure Of the
great and small powers to agree upon
a scheme for the election OF the
judges. The plan Of Baron Deseamps
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