New Britain herald., 1929-06-10
LEAGUE COUNCIL IN
 SESSION T0REvISE WORLD COURT LAW
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 lately turned it over the Aineichiro Adschi. Japanese ambassador al Paris. who will preside during this session. Crowd Seeks Admission
 A crowd milled around outside the doors. awaiting an opportunity to get inside and hear the speech ol Premier Primo de Rivera. All seats were allotted. however, to members of the council. the score. tariat, newspapermen and learned men of Spain who had been grant ed permission to attend the pro- ceedings.
 It was announced that an agree ment had been reached between Hungary and C3echoslovaki> with reference to race conflicts in which the League will no longer be called upon to intervene.
 In open todays' session Chairman Adachi expressed the gratitude ot the League to the Spanish govern ment for tts hospitality and sent greetings to King Alfonso. He ex- pressed optimism for the future in the struggle for, victories for inter- national justice, arbitration and peace.
 Lauds Spain's Record
 The chairman aleo spoke of 50 many civilizations whose people have written splendid pages in the spain's great part as the mother of history or mankind.
 Senor Quinones de Leon. Spanish delegate, thanked the chairman and declared Spain deeply desired the settlement by just means of such differences and conflicts as might arise among the nations.
 America Interested
 Washington. June 10 W-Ameri- can officials will follow closely the deliberations of the council of the League of Nations, which convened today at Madrid, and will take up. among other things. the plan to call . conference of the nations which are members of the perma- nent court of international justice for discussion Of the Root protocol for American adherence.
 Hammond Is Observer
 Ogden H. Hammond, the Ameri- can ambassador to Spain. has been instructed to act as unofficial ob- ssrver for this government during the council proceedings. He un- doubtedly will send full reports to tho state department on the coun cils discussions of the protocol, which was presented to the league at Geneva last spring.
 American officials expect the council to accept tho Root plan, which already has received the ap- proval of league experts. If the council sanctions the protocol, il will convoke 8 conference Of the world courts members-nations on the proposal simultaneously with the next league of nations assembly in September.
 AS nearly all of the members of the world court are affiliated with the league. it Is expected the council will propose to those nations the empowering of their delegates to the September assembly to convene as ! court body and sign the protocol. Approval Relieved Certain It is believed in official circlel here that the approval of the proto- col by the September conference il certain. The next step would be for the league secretariat to forward . formal notice of the conference ap- proval to the American government
 Until the other nations which are members of the world court ap. prove the protocol. however. it ia unlikely that the question of Amcri- car adherence to the tribunal will come before the senate. Both Pics. ident Hoover and senate leaders are understood to feel that 1t would be Letter to leave the matter in ab.y- ance until the regular session next December. when it will be known whether the other nations approve the plan.