New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Plan for Revised
League Offered
o Law Institute
New World Association Of
States TO Combine Old
Body With Pan-Ane1ican
Union and Other Groups
Prof. Alvarez It's Author
Program Aims at Regional
Organization, Avoiding
Theory of a Super-Siate

GRENoBLE, France, Aug. % (By
The Associated Press Designed to
meet the objections of the United
States to the League of Nations, new
plan for World Association OF
States" was submitted to-day to the
Institute of International Law by Pre-
fessor Alexandra Alvarez, Of Chile. It's
primary purpose is to coordinate the
states OF the world--linkinE the
League Of Nations, the PAN American
Union and those governments which
are members of neither~without es-
tablishing super-state. The new as
gional and continental groups rather
than to attempt to replace them en-
tirely.
The plan was presented in the form
of long report drafted by Professor
Alvarez for the twenty seventh com
mission of the institute, which ap-
proved it at an executive session held
in Paris.
The inadequacy of the present league
as world grouping was frankly rec
ognized, and it was deemed wiser TO
organization, The insufaciency of the
league was declared to be based large
~ upon the attitude of the United
States, together with the absence of
Germany and Russia, AMI further be-
cause an error had been made in at
tempting to set up Immediately COM
plete organization when the details
must of necessity take time and ex-
periencc.
Conferences Ignore League
The report directs attention to the
fact that meetings Of the highest i'm
portance, like the Washington, Genoa
and Hague conferences and next years
Pan American Congress, are held out
side the league. The commission, after
studying all the phases of the situa-
ton. formulated a series of basic prin-
ciples with which the proposed organi-
light Of these, recast Professor AL
varez's initial plan. evolving the teAt
which was submitted to-day.
This convention, which consists Of
eighteen artiles, creates "a world
association of states, which has as it's
mission to establish liason between the
League of Nations. the Pan-Am erican
Union and the states belonging to noue
of these groups"
"The association" it says, twill con-
slider questions of world or continental
interest. 1t will have as It's duties
notably to watch over the general in
eliminate the causes of war, lnltlpte
adequate methods for the pacific settle
ment Of conflicts between states
strengthen bonds of all sorts between
countries, promote universal co-opera-
tion and accomplish gradual codifica-
ton of international law The asso-
iation will act only by means OF
recommendations"
League Automatica ly Absorbed
All members of the League and the
Pan-American Union automatically
would become members of the associa-
tion unless they specifically refused.
and the others would be admissible by
two-thirds vote of the assembly. 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. The assem-
bly, would work largely through eight
by an executive council subordinate to
the assembly, The council would com
prise six non-American members of the
League of Nations, six members of the
Pan-American Union and six elected by
the assembly Of the new association.
All states would be entitled to
representation on all the commissions.
These commissions would comprise
disarmament, labor. international law
methods of avoiding war. methods of
settling disputes. and so on.
Article 16 reads: Estates members Of
the association agree not to resort to
hostilities until they have exhausted
the methods recognized by interna-
tional law for the pacific settlement
Of disputes. If state violates this
provision, the council will direct the
/ attention of the various continental or
regional organizations so they NAV
consider the measures they think
| necessary