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B hi t I J J I r ll OF I I lEA LEACUE E TO IO I A ATTEMPT II EM PI IT Difficult Complex Task i Faced in Effort to Form In International Tribunal Roots Root's Position in hi Doubt Douht 0 n Bv ted Ir 1 WASHINGTON y Jan 27 Th The second meeting meeting- of the council tt of the league of nations which in reality will he be the thc first actual business meeting meeting meet meet- ing ing- will be lie held in itt London probably February 10 according ing to lo advices rc- rc here tola today At t this his meeting the council plans to enter upon c consideration consideration con con- 1 of one of the most tant subjects with which it it w was s' s charged under tinder the treaty of or peace namely the tile constitution m of Ie permanent o i oT international tion 1 Ti first meeting of the thc C council it hi ill Paris January 10 16 confined its lf to matters mattei- of organization necessary to meet contingencies that thai had arisen under tinder the treaty such as the appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of the valle valley boundary commission which had to be named within fifteen days iJas after the ratification ratification tion lion of the treat treaty It Is learned that thal tho the launching of ot the tho permanent court of international Justice has been d decided upon after great hesitation lon because this th was one of ot the features of the peace program in which the United States had taken the greatest Interest In fa fact act t. t having originated tho the project as one of tho the best means of or preventing wars Vals b by re resort resort re- re sort to Judicial processes It was to have hin-e been considered at the first me meeting meet meet- tins t- t lug ins of ot the thc council but was as postponed postpone in order to lo afford opportunity for tor the American Senate to act upon the peace treaty and for lor this nation nat to bo in position po po- po- po altion to participate III In tho or organization of the court The United States it was ivas pointed out In tho lie c councils council's meetIng meet- meet In Ing had given this plan of settlement nt of or international disputes its original ti Impetus at the tho first and second Hague HaSue conferences and also at the London prize court conference Tue coun council il it ft is now learn learned ell has haa finally decided to go ahead with the plans already made b by tho the secretariat of or the tho league for or launching the court White While these plans pJ arc not understood to be bo at all detailed It Is known that the they contemplate the tho approval by bv he lie j I council of an nS' nS committee j i I of or se ci seven or eight o of the tho most emlu eminent nt i jurists In the world to amplify the thc j u whole hole structure H of ut the tho court The choices have ha been been made with a view vie j of or finding men not only familiar with the tho he evolution of or the league itel bu but I also representative of or the different le legal legal le Ic- gal s systems t of or tho the world oll in order to assure Ulc that the court ma may be bo J ble bhe and available a to all aU nations j KriM ri ii Upon Root j f Elihu Hoot former Cormer secretary of state i I p Pt tho the United States IS known to have I been selected ed as the American member mem mcm- ber br of the thc commission but It Is not yet ct certain that the council will fesi free to to offer ofer him him the thc actual appointment appoint appoint- ment mont in iii a advance 1 of or Americas America's lion tion of the i-he treat treaty This subject now Is under negotiation with the viewpoint view point expressed b by the tho other nations natIon that tile they ther vcr very much desire to name Mr Mi II Root Hoot if lr the tile choice would not apr ap- ap r car untimely In ill luw Iut- Iut J jf f tho the sit situation s- s a. a in this country Mr I. I Root noot has been recognized in Europe Eu Eu- rope relic as In the very ery forefront of ot American American Amer Amer- ican Ilan Int International Jurists Quite apart 1001 Ioni all itil else that he lie has lias done In Iii stressing the need of an international court his Instructions to lo the American I delegates to the second Hague conference confer confer- I ence ii In iii 1907 ar are are accepted as a landmark land and andI I mark In the h history lor of or the subject After After Aft Aft- I er a n detailed analysis of tf It the po t ties t-rn of rf f arbitration hc lie concluded 1 It should bo be your effort to bring about In lit tho the second conference a du- du I I of or Tho The Ha Hague uc tribunal Into i r a n permanent tribunal composed e of ot 1 jud- jud Judges juds s who arc are Judicial officers and j nothing else who ho are arc paid i adequate j i salaries who have ha no other othel occupation occupation tion lou and who will c devote their entire time to thu the trial and decision cl lon of or In- In ca e t b by Judicial methods s and anti under a sense of Judicial t Mony linns I I T The ol org organizing on m Is I. ex ex- ex x- x Continued on page l e 2 J lEAGUE COUNCil COUIL TO PlAN WORlD ORLU COURT Continued from flom Page 1 1 peeled to havo have n n. n most ost difficult and complex task The The plan for an International Inter national court has been one ono of or tho the most discussed of or all tho time league of nations nations nations na na- na- na provisions pro and ancl suggestions for tor Its constitution o have havo poured in from ail all sides Rides Both the lie Germans Germana and the the- Aus- Aus submitted a most detailed program program program pro pro- gram In ii their counterproposals to tho the allied and associated powers at the peace pence conference tho the three Scandinavian ian lan countries Norway S Sweden and Denmark In long meetings last summer sumI summer sum sum- I mer agreed upon n a Joint plan to 10 bo Lo pressed before betote tho the league and Switzerland Switz 8 r erland also has worked et out elaborate mechanism m which was wal pre presented at nt tho the I conference between representatives Cs of oC the neutral states stales and of tho the league of nations commission In Paris last spring All 11 these plans plan laid principal stress upon tho the method of oC tho the appointment or of Jud Judges s which proved pro to be bo the rook on which The Hague broke The small nations stand united forthe for forJin tilt the principle of or the tho equality of states and consequently of or the equal voting power po of oC states stales In the selection o of ju Judges The Tho big powers however hoe have h refused to lo entrust their Interests toa toa to toa a court whelo they nr are not assured proportionate representation All AU the tho plans at present submitted avoid ol this difficulty b by ingenious variation 0 of the panel system assuring first tho the choice of or tho the worlds world's most famous In International In- In jurists re regardless of or na nationality nationally na- na second tho the pre presence Anc of or not over o one or at nt most two members of or the iho seine nation bu on the rosl roster r third the thc disqualification of or an any Judge In any nil case in which his own 11 nation is In Involved pd ol and amid fourth the rl right hl of oC challenge challenge chal chal- lenge by lay any nation involved of a certain lain tain number of or tho time Judges elected for fora a particular case caso with their consequent replacement b by lot from other Judges Judgeson on the panel I |