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Show I LEAGUE TRIBUNAL I 15 GIVBTAPPRQVAL B WORLD COURT OF JUSTICE PLAN K MADE PUBLIC AT LEAGUE K HEADQUARTERS. Mfc Project' Failure Would De Regarded B as International Misfortune, In Opln-Hf Opln-Hf ion of Council; Governments Asked K to Express Individual Views. K London, Tlio heudquurters of tho league oC nations on September 1 1 Hatiudo public tho text of tho project j for u iicrinnncnt court of International Justice us adopted hy Tins Hugue com-HjiiIUcu com-HjiiIUcu of Justice, of which 13111m Root H-wns a member, together with a letter ft from the council of the letiguo to all Lgovernmeuts which huvo entered the jBT league. Dr 'The letter says: "Tho council do y.not proposo to express any opinion on H'tho merits of the scheme until they Bit'hnvo had a full opportunity of consld-Blf-erlng It " jK It slates, however, thnt tho project jBpvus ncpured b,y a most competent trl-Hninnl trl-Hninnl representing widely different Kimtlonal points of view, and adds: H "TJl" council would regard as Irre-BKconcllnble Irre-BKconcllnble dlfferenco of opinion on the HKiiierlts of tho schema as an Interna-Btloual Interna-Btloual misfortune of tho gravest kind. Hlt would mean that the league was Hpubllcly compelled to admit 1U Incn-flHpaclty Incn-flHpaclty to carry out one of tho most Hlmportnnt of the tasks which It was Klnvltcd to perforin. The failure would Kbo great and probably Irreparable; for, Hlf agreement proves Impossible under BSrcumstnuccs apparently so favor-Bfchlc, favor-Bfchlc, It Is hard to see how and when U4io task of securing It will be sue-fcessfully sue-fcessfully resumed." Hfe Will Submit Propoeals. fH&fi The council states It will later iBubtnlt Its recommendations to tho "jjKtksembly of the league of nations. RLTho draft of tho proposed world '4jSS!urt KIve" out consists of slxty- S" o artlvlcs, divided into thrco chap-'3 chap-'3 on organization, competence of WHMwrt and procedure. A preamble fT3'le8 the general- purposes of tho gteurt us follows: jfS&tA pertnuncnt court of lntcruntlon- jf' $Mjjustlee, to which all parties shall 'W&te direct access, Is hereby ostnb-;l!&ed, ostnb-;l!&ed, In accordance with article .jSlWjrteen of the covenant of tho league JgJStfcVatlniiH. This court shall be, in ad-tJBn ad-tJBn to the court of arbitration or-Tfczed or-Tfczed by The Hague convention ol Y.jftjy and 1007, and to tho special til-vtMlMtalB til-vtMlMtalB of arbitration to which utittes I always at liberty to submit thcr ites for bottlemcnt." Membership of Court, tides two and thrco give the lernilp of tho court as follows : e permanent cgurt of interna I Justice shall he composed of -a of independent Judges, elected dless of their nationality from igst persons of high moral clmr-1 clmr-1 who possess the qualifications red In their respective countries, ppnlntment to the highest Judicial s, or ure Jurisconsults of recog- competence In International he court shall consist of fifteen Iters: Kleven Judges nnd four ty Judges. The number of Judges deputy Judges muy bo hercaffcr ased by tho ussemblngo upon the )sal of the council of the leaguo itlous, to n total of fifteen Judges sir deputy Judges." o manner of choosing tho Judges lie different national groups Is (led. The members of tho court Iccted for nine years. Tho pros-and pros-and vice president of tho court t for three years. The scat of nurt Is established at Tho Hague, i8lon shall be held cnehyeur be- ng Juno 15, and an extraordinary SSjBon may be called whenever nce-IjffiSwfry nce-IjffiSwfry by tho president of the court, etf&wS5nu8t reside at The Hague. jfijffge questions which tho court Is ,;.. i.cSpfletunt to deterinlno between .jPiiietnbers of tho league nro given us jfolitJivs: Tho Interpretation of n I treaty. Any question of International , th ilawijyi'ho existence of any fnct which, rs A'HsWtabllshed, would coustltuto a rtpmch of an international obligation. rt""1"rc or 'extent of reparation to ,n Jlicjlteaile for tho breach of an Interna- penAtwiW' obligation. Tho lnterpre- mWtatiii! of a sentence passed hy tho mrwcqiirtft |