Evening star., 1923-08-30
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
WILL FILL VACANCY
Successor of Late Ruy Bar
boSa to Be Picked-Many
Candidates.
By the Associated Press.

By the. Associated Press
GENEVA. August 30.-Election of
successor to fill the vacancy on the
bench of the Permanent Court of In
ternational Justice, caused by the
death of Ruyf Barbosa of Brazil. will
be begun when the assembly of the
league of nations ConveneS here next
month. The new judge will serve
the uneNpired nine-year term of his
predecessor, until December 81. 1890
Twenty-nine candidates have been
named by twenty five nattonah
groups, including the divisions of thV
British empire.
The official list made public by the
secretary general of the league does
not include an American nominee, al
though it had been expected one
would be made. as the United States
through its four members of The
Hague court OF arbitration has that
privilege. However. as the United
states Is not member of the league
OF nations ii cannot ballot for the
judges.
The list of candidates which has
been made public includes all nomi-
neeS named uD to August |, and APP
narently is final compilation. as the
secretary general had requested that
all names be submitted by that time,
and he is distributing it to the mem
Ders OF the league.
May Pick Brazilian.
OF the candidates. eleven are from
Latin american countries. including
one each from Haiti and Mexico. and
thirteen in all are from the western
hemisphere. Canada having nomin-
ated two. As the late Judge Barbosa
was from Brazil it has been antici-
pated i'll league circles that his sue
,ceSSor would also come from South
America. India and South Africa
each has one candidate. so that the
British empire has four in all
Two ASiatic countries, China and
Siam, have nominated one each, Civ
ing Asia three in all. including In.
dia's choice \ dozen countries of
continental Europe have nominated
one candidate apiece.
The court is composed of eleven
judges elected by the independe
separate and concurrent votes of the
assembly and the council. The cur
rent list OF candidates is d. roster OF
some of the most profound and bril-
liant legal students in the world. in
Guiding several former foreign min
isters one current foreign minister
two eN-preSidentS of republics and
numerous professors of the various
branches of law in the leading law
schools and universities of the world.
Nine From South America.
Nine candidates are from South
three, more than any other nation:
, Brazil ari Chile each two. and Tru-
quay and Bolivia one each. Argen-
tina'S candidates are Senator Joa-
quin V. Gonzales. Manuel Montes de
Oca, delegate to the last pan Amer
lean congress, and EStaniSlaS :. Ze-
halloS. former minister of foreign
affairs and OF arts. former member of
The Hague court and now professor
in the faculty of law at BuenoS Aires
BraZilS candidates are Rodrigo Oc-
tavio, jurisconsul. and Epitacio da
silva PessCa. former president Of the
republic and delegate to the Yer
sailles peace conference. Chile's can
didates are DR.. Alexandra Alvarez
legal adviser of the ministry of for
eign affairs. and Miguel CruChaca
Torconal, jurisconSul. Uruguays
delegate is Jose a. BuerO. former
foreign minister. and Bolivia's candi-
date is Eliodoro Villazon. former
president and now minister to Ar
gentina.
Canada Has Two.
F. l.. de La Barra, former pro-
Nisional president and head of several
mixed arbitration courts in Paris, is
MeXicos candidate, and Auguste
Bonamy, former secretary of state for
foreign affairs, is Haiti'S choice.
Tanada's two candidates are the Hon.
Frank \. Anglin. member of the Do