The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-15
WORLD COURT
HOLDS SESSION
AT THE HAGUE
Event Hailed as Milestone in
Progress of World Toward
Peace-To Clear up Inter-
national Law.
JUDGES TAKE OATH
(Ry Associated Pressl


palace, which cynics during the war
labelled CLOSED owing to bankruptcy"
was the scene today of an inaugural
session of the permanent court OF in
ternational justice, the cornerstone OF
the league of nations. The event was
hailed by adherents of pacifist Ideals
as a new milestone in the evolutionary
progress of the world toward peace
or in the words Of Lord Curzon, "the
beginning of a new era of peace and
concord among nations"
At the opening session the judges
were to take the oath to fulfill their
offices "honorably,, faithfully, impair
TALLY and conscientiouSly.
In their future sittings they are ex-
pected not only to clear up such
doubtful points of international law as
may come before them but also to
create laws whenever their need is ap-
parent, like the praetors of ancient
Rome.
The first meeting was held in the
great hall of justice, a chapel-like
chamber, the carved open walls of
darker tints of age, but the appoint
ments of which combine to give the
appropriate atmosphere of judicial
solemnity
IL Nationalitles
Members of the court represent II
nationalities and eastern and western
worlds. The judges in accordance
with the law creating the court, pos
sess ''the qualifications required in
| their respective countries for appoint
ment to the highest judicial offices" ;"
or are 'jurisconsults of recognized
competence in international law"
The representative of the United
States is John Bassett Moore and the
! others present in the Hague for the
meeting are: The president, or chief
justice, Bernard Cornelius Johannes
Loder, Holland; DR.. Rafael Altamiray
| Crevea, Spain: Commentators Dioni-
sio Anziloti, Italy; Viscount Robert
Finlay, Great Britain; Dr. Max Huber,
Switzerland; Didrik Nyholm, Den
mark; DR.. Yorozu Oda, Japan, and DR..
Andre, France: the other judges are
DR.. Barbosa, of Brazil and DR. Antonio
S. De Bustamente of Cuba, who were
unable to come to the Hague.
l Deputy Judges
Three of the deputy judges are
here: F. V. n. Beichmann OF Norway,
Demetriu Negulesco of Rumania and
Michailo Yovanovitch of Jugo Slavia
DR.. Wang Chung Hui of China being
absent.
At the time of their election some
comment was evoked by, the absence
of representative of Mohammedan
law, but Judge Nyholm of DenmarR
served on the International mixed trib
| unal in Cairo since 1896 and is held
to be an authority on the subjects.
The judges and deputy judges have
at their disposal two panels of tech
nical assessors to advise them or
points arising in labor and transit
, questions. There are no Americans
on either panel. The labor pane
comprises two assessors nominated by
, each member of the league of nations
, and one employers and one workers
representative from each member o
the leagues labor office The transi
and communications panel Is com
posed of two nominees of each mem
: ber state
List of Nominees
A recapitulation of the lists of nom
inees shows that on the transit an(
communications panel there are two
representatives each of Letvia, Chile
Denmark. India, Bulgaria, Czecho-Slo
vakia, China, Italy. Great Britain
Uruguay, France. Belgium. Sweden
: Japan, Spain, Switzerland. Brazil. Ru
? mania Greece, Austria, Norway, Fin
land and Poland and one each o
e Haiti and Holland.
r The labor panel includes one o,
+ more representatives from each O
n these states excepting France ant
2 Greece, and with addition of appoint
1 ees from Columbia and those dele
gated by the labor office from various
counties.
, Choice of The Hague as the seat o
| the new court is the cause of mucl
| pride among Hollanders, who poin
out that Hugo Grotius whose bust 4
IN the library of the peace palace, be
E came the founder of the science O
Y international law, early in the seven
teenth century