The New York herald., 1922-08-29
SCHEME FOR UNITED
WORLD GOVERNMENT
Prof. Alvarez of Chile Submits
Idea to International
Tribunal.
sUPERSTATE NOT In PLAN
Would Unite League of Ma.
tions and Pan-American
Union.

GRENoBIE, France, Aug. 2s tAsso-
ciated Press) "A new plan for a
World Association of States.D TO link
together the League OF Nations, the Pan
American Union and those Govern
ments which are members Of neither,
was submitted to-day to the Institute
OF International Law by Prof. Alejan-
dro Alvarez OF Chile.
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
coordinating the States of the world
not establishing superstate.
Sixteen fundamental questions were
submitted to the institutes members,
comprising many nationalities. Forty
replies, many of them In elaborate detail,
were received and studied
1nsuffcfency or the League.
The lnadequacy or the present
league as world grouping was frankly
recognized and it was deemed wiser to
let IL remain as d sort of European
organization. The insufficiency of the
league was declared to be based largely
upon the attitude of the United States,
together with the absence OF Germany
and Russia. and, further. beuause an
error had been made In attempting to
set up Immediately a complete and fin
ished organization.
Other objections urged against the
league were that 1t limits the sovereignty
tpa a N
and withdrawal too difficult and takes
too exclusively European view OF
things. Its operation, the report finds.
has tended rather to separate than to
draw Europe and America closer to-
gether.
The commission, after studying all
the 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 to-day.
This convention, which consists OF
eighteen articles. creates "a World As
sociation OF States, which has as its
mission 10 establish liaison between the
League of Nations, the Pan-American
Union and the States belonging to none
of these groups
'"rhe association Il says, will con-
slider questions Of world or continental
interest. It will have as It's duties
notably 20 watch over the general inter-
ests of humanity, take measures to elim-
mate the causes OF war, initiate ade-
quate methods for the pacific settle
ment of conflicts between States,
strengthen bonds of all sorts between
countries. promote universal coopera-
tion and accomplish gradual codifica-
tion OF international laws. The associa-
tion will act only by means Of recon-
mendations."
All members OF the league and the
PAM American Union would automatical-
i, become members of the association
unless they specifically refused.
The assembly, which would be the con-
trolling body, would be composed OF
not to exceed three delegates from each
country. but each delegation would have
only one vote.
trhe council would comprise six non
American members OF the League of
Nations. six members of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union and six elected by the assem-
bly, OF the new association.
All States would be entitled to repre-
sentation on all commissions, which
would comprise disarmament. labor, IN
ternational law. methods of avoiding
war methods OF settling disputes, and
SO on.
Would Accept Court.
All existing international bureaus
established by treaties would be reeog-
nized and might later be assimllated.
and the present Permanent Court Of In
fsrnational Justice would be accepted.
Article 1s reads: "States members
OF the Association agree not to resort
to hostil,tics until they have exhausted
the methods recognized by international
law for the pacific settlement Of dis
putes. II a State violates this provision.
the Council will direct the attention OF
tha various continental or regional or