Evening star., 1925-04-04
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

Chile and Peru, because that is a
matter of past origin, it would max e
impossible in the future such an ac-
quisition of territory. -
AS to the possible application of
Project to the occupation of Haiti
by United States troops, DR.. Scott ex-
plains that that occupation is not an
invasion by the Government of the
United States, but the troops are duly
appointed by the government of
Haiti. to preserve order. Hence
Project s would not restrict such
friendly cooperation"
Our Intervention in Cuba, also,
would not be affected, since that
right was conceded by treaty and in
corporated in the constitution of the
Cuban republic before the proposed
codification.
Project % provides for Pan-Amer-
ican Court Of International Justice,
consisting of one representative of
each Of the 81 nations, plus one
neutral from Canada The court will
consist Of two branches, sitting at
all times-a court of first instance
and "a court of appeal, each to con-
sist of IL members, to be selected by
lot from the entire list Of %, so that
half will be in each court. 1t is
especially provided that If the lot
should put the United States repre-
sentative in the court of first in
stance, then the Canadian must belong
to the court of appeals, or vice versa,
so that never will both of these
strong nations be sitting in the same
court.
Whereas the opponents OF the
League Of Nations Court of Justice
object on the ground that such a
court could not function judicially
SO long as there are no codif1ed inter
national laws, that objection would
not hold against the proposed Amer
loan international court because, be-
fore the court is constituted, there
| would be an accepted and ratified
codiflcation Of pan-American fnterna-
| tional law, under which it would rem
| der all its decisions. The court would
have no powers not granted by the
| laws.
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| The provision to include a Canadian
| on the Court of international Amer
| lean Justice may not be construed as
/ q recognition of Great Britain as a
representative of Europe. 1t may be
noted that In building the Pan-Amer-
lean Union palace in Washington
| there were % inches in the design
] 0dCn ulCl6 TO De occupied Dy a SCaJue
| of a representative historic char
acter of one of the American re-
| publics. But there were only 2l such
| independent republics. The twenty.
! second niche is filled by a statue OF
| Samuel de Champlain, who discovered
the lake which bears his name, an6
| also discovered Canada. It was with
| q vision of the future that the edifict
| was planned with % inches, and, it is
| held as especially appropriate thai
| Canada in the meanwhile be recog-
| nized with membership as a. neutral
| on the Court Of American Inter.
national Justice"
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| In case Of disagreement between tn,
! republics, one or both disputants may
| appeal to the Pan-American Union
which will act as conciliator, and IL
case that fails, then the dispute ma.
be appealed for arbitration by any
chief executive of one Of the re-
publics. If the dispute hinges upor
any of the accepted pan-American in
iternational laws, 1t will be referred t.
the Pan-Amerfcan Court Of Justice
the lower COURTROOM whose decision
of law, appeal may be taken to tht
lPan-American Court of Appeals
These courts cannot 'arbitrate-the!
merely apply the law. If the arbitra
tfon of the chief executive of a dis
interested American republic be no
agreed to Tin advance) appeal for ar
bitration may be made to the Perma
nent Court Of Justice at The Hague