Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-10
u S. TO JOIN COURT,
IN GENEVA OPINION
Further Step of Accepting
Compulsory Arbitration Is
Deemed Possible.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 10,-The idea
of compulsory arbitration Of interna-
tional disputes is making big strides
forward at the tenth Assembly session
of the League of Nations. Interest of
statesmen at Geneva Is again concen-
trating on the immense possibilities OF
the Permanent Court of International
Justice for the consolidation of world
peace and as effective machinery for
preventing war.
There is a general expectation that
the United States will now accede to
the World Court. The question being
asked is whether the Washington Gov
eminent will not take even a further
step and sign the optional clauses
recognizing the compulsory jurisdiction
of the court. This clause beStoWS the
right upon one party to dispute to
summon another before the court.
Premier MusSolini of Italy has mani
tested his intention to submit disputes
to judicial processes.
Italy Signs Clause.
Within the past "a hours at Geneva
both Italy and CzechoSlovakia have &C
cepted compulsory arbitration for the
settlement of juridical difficulties.
Great Britain has announced she will
sign the arbitration clause and France
is about to make her previous signature
unconditional. Peru recently joined
this movement and today 1t became
clear that Brazil also will accept its
provisions.
Brazil has already adhered to the
clause, but its adherence was to become
effective only when two permanent
members of the League Council had
signed. Italy's action, coming after
Germanys, gave the necessary two, ana
Brazil's adherence is now operative.
Brands Idea Grows.
League of Nations circles speculated
TODAY on the form which Aristide Bril-
and's United States OF Europe" would
take.
Several factors in the speculation
were particularly noticeable:
First, growing enthusiasm for the
project; second, Discrimination to roster
a political union, and. third. increased
belief that its function should be purely
economic.
The success which crowned M. Bril-
ands launching of the ship OF Euro
pean confederacy has caused an i'm
mense impression, and today some OF
the % national delegations invited to
the French premierS luncheon yeSter-
day were beginning to think they had
got aboard big thing historically.
1t was felt generally years might be
required to get the confederation INTO
practical working order, but original
skepticism that such could ever
eventuate was disappearing rapidly.
Details to Be Settled.
No details of the French premier
project have been worked out as yet,
but in the next year they will be given
much consideration, and when the rep
resentatives of the governments meet
again in 1880. during the eleventh AS
sembly of the League OF Nations, the
plans should be rather far advanced.
Best opinion today was that such a
confederation would begin its work by
emphasizing the necessity Of frequent
meetings of the European states 70
tackle and solve economic problems
caused by division of the continent into
80 customs tariff frontiers. .
Probably the most delicate point at
stake is the achievement OF European
economic unity without any state losing
its sense of national sovereignty.
Europe means business" said one
European statesman today. I'VE are
headed for economic ruin unless we
get together"
Tariff Proposal Made.
President Graham Of the British
Board of Trade proposed to the Assem-
bly, today that for two years there
should be an agreement not to increase
tariffs and during this period every eff
fort be made to hold a representative
conference Of member governments OF
the League, perhaps including non
member governments also, to ascertain
how existing tariffs might be reduced.
He asked the Assembly to send his pro-
posal to a committee to have draft
resolution prepared.
In his address to the Assembly, Mr..
Graham contrasted the position of the
United States with its free interstate
market with the position of Europe and
its 27-odd customs divisions.
He said one could not help making
this contrast when one realized that the
United States today has 43 per cent OF
the worlds gold, that the United States
is a. great creditor country, and that
despite the progress Of The Hague Con-
ference Europe has still innumerable
difficulties to overcome. But with re-
gard to the European confederation
project he insisted that for Europe to
embark on discrimination against any
country might supply that friction
"vhich would manufacture war among
the nations"
Peru Elected to Council.
Peru, Poland and Jugcslavia were
chosen yesterday to sit for three years
as temperament members Of the
Council of the League. Poland retained
her place, Jugoslavia took that Of Ru-
mania and Peru was substituted for
Chile.
The desire of Scandinavian states to
cut the Latin American seats on the
Council from three to two seemed mani
fest in the balloting. Norway got %
votes, but Peru had plurality Of 6
and then obtained the necessary ma
jority. A Latin American caucus had
agreed unanimously to back the can
didacy of Peru. However, Uruguay re-
ceived 5 votes, apparently European
ones.
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