Evening star., 1922-08-28
Would Embrace League of
Nations, Pan-American
Union and Others.
INADEQUACY OF PRESENT
BODIES IS SET FORTH
Now Declared Entirely European
in Scope, With No Induce
ments for U. S.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press
GRENOBLE, France, August Is
A new plan for a world association
of states to link together the league
of nations. the Pan-American Union
and those governments which are
members of neither was submitted
| today to the Institute of International
Law at its meeting here by Prof.
Alexandra Alvarez of Chile.
The plan was presented in the form
of a report drafted by Prof Alvarez
for the twenty-seventh commission Of
the institute. which approved 1t at an
executive session held in Paris from
July 81 to August 3.
The new association would be super
imposed upon the present league and
Pan-American Union and would seek
to encourage regional and continental
groups rather than attempt to replace
them entirely. 1t is designed to meet
the American objections to the league
of nations with the primary purpose
of co-ordinating the states Of the
world-not establishing a superstate.
League Held Inadequate.
Sixteen fundamental questions were
submitted to the institutes members,
comprising may. nationalities.s Forty
replies. many of them in elaborate de-
tail. were received and studied.
The inadequacy of the present
league as a world grouping was
frankly recognized, and it was dos ned
wiser to let 1t remain as a sors Of
European organization. The ins.fif-
cheney of the league was declares to
be based largely upon the attitude of
absence of Germany and Russia
Other objections urged against the
league were that it limits the SOW
ereignty of its member states, makes
admission and withdrawal too difficult
and takes a too exclusively European
view of things.
Fails to Unity.
While the league has many merits,
it's operation, the report finds, has
tended rather to separate than to
draw Europe and America closer to-
gether. Europe. it is held, needs an
International organisation more than
America does, for Europe is less stable
politically. and there are more rival
ries and ambitions.
The commission, studying all phases
of the situation, formulated a series
of basic principles with which the
proposed organization must comply.
and then. in the light of these, recast
Prof. Alvarez's initial plan, evolving
the text which was submitted today.
This convention, which consists Of
eighteen articles, creates "a world
association of states to establish
liasion between the league of nations
the Pan-American Union and the
states belonging to none Of these
groups"
Guard Against War.
"The association" it says, will con-
slider questions of world or continen-
tai interest 1t will have as its duties
notably, to watch over the general
interests of humanity. take measures
to eliminate the causes of war, initi
ate adequate measures for the paci1>
settlements, of conflicts betweei
states, strengthen bonds of all sorts
between countries. promote universal
cooperation and accomplish gradual
codification of international law. The
association will act only by means OF
recommendations.
All members of the league and the
Pan-American Union would automat-
ically become members of the asso-
citation unless they specifically re-
fused, and the others would be ad
missible by two-thirds' vote of the
assembly.
Working Organization.
The assembly, which would be the
controlling body, would be composed
of not to exceed three delegates from
each country. but each delegation
would have only one vote.
The executive council. which would
be subordinate to the assembly,
would comprise six non-American
members of the league of nations, Six
members of the Pan-American Union
and six elected by the assembly OF
be entitled to representation on all
commissions.
| Article 16 reads:
Estates members of the association
agreed not to resort to hostilities un-
til they have exhausted the methods
recognized by international law fer
the pacific settlement of disputes. II
a state violates this provision the
| council will direct the attention OF
the various continental or regional
organizations so they may consider
the measures they think necessary"
Provision for withdrawal.
The final article provides for with
drawal at the members option upon
| a years notice. The commission dur
ing its study of the pact question
adopted a number Of resolutions con-
cerning the principle, and details OF
the present league of nations and
adopted a revised article 10 to read:
.'The members of the league bind
themselves to respect the present ter
ritorial integrity and political inde-
pendence Of all members of the
! league. In case Of violation Of this
| fundamental obligation as we'll as in
| the case of aggression against a
member Of the league by a non
member state the council after con-
/, alteration will recommend to the
members the measures 1t thinks
] proper"
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