Evening star., 1926-09-19
j. s. WORLD COURT
RESERVATIONS WIN
POWERS APPROVAL
Full Equality With Members
of Council Recommended
by Subcommittee.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA, September Is. All
rights enjoyed by nations holding
seats in the Council of the League
of Nations in connection with re-
quests for advisory opinions from
the World Court of justice will be
extended to the United States, II that
country decides to adhere to the
court.
Such was the decision tonight of
the committee of fourteen of the
World Court delegate conference
cept ali the American reservations
IS interpretative of the protocol.
This agreement will be submitted
in the middle of next week to the
ptenary conference and IL the COM
mittee's decision Is ratified the
United States will be informed that
the nations signatory to the World
Court do not know whether requests
FOR advisory opinions require unan
imous or a majority vote of the
League Council.
View Of Fifth Reservation.
The text of the fifth American res
ervation seems to indicate that the
United States had proceeded on tho
theory that unaitimity 10 required.
-; plenary conference will point out
lie United States that In any
event whether unaninity or a ma
jority vote is found to be the pro-
cedure. the United States will have
the same rights as members Of the
League Council.
This means that the conference
would find itself unable to give prac-
teal satisfaction to the United States
if it is found that advisory opinions
can be requested by majority vote
of the Council. because in that case an
regardless of an American veto.
The committee Of fourteen is agreed
that nations should reply individually
to the United States and also decided
that to give constitutional effect to
the acceptance OF the American reser-
vations, such acceptance should be
embodied in a protocol.
The present plan is that each state
forward to Washington a draft OF
such a protocol identical in terms, and
If this draft satisfies the United States
a conference can be held later in
which the protocol will be formally
adopted.
1t is apparent that if the draft Of
the protocol does not satisfy the
United States. American adherence to
the World Court will be imperiled,
but the delegates and the jui'ists here
seem to think that the United States
will be satisfied with the status of
equality with members Of the League
Council.
The sum and substance Of the deci-
sion Of the committee Of fourteen IL
that the signatories are willing to
grant the United States all privileges
held by members Of the League Coun.
Gil. but do not feel authorized to do
more than that.
Would Hasten to Arms Farley.
Declaring that this Ia the psyche
logical moment for Fastening the dis
arma ment conference of the League
Of Nations, Paul Boncour of France
introduced a resolution before the as
sembly's disarmament commission
this evening urging that all prepara-
tory studies be ended IL possible this
year or early next year TO allow Of
general worldwide conference be-
fore the next meeting of the assembly
Of the League Of Nations.
NJ. Boncour urged that such con-
ference should declare an armament
holiday for a certain period Of wears,
the scale Of disarmament to be based
on the present state Of preparedness
in the various nations. After the eX-
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