Show I I ASKED FOR HIGH GOURT PLAN Complete Equality of States I in Nomination Requested I. I The Hague Feb 28 By By the Associated Asso Asso- elated clate Press As Press As a result of or conferences confer conter held at The Hague peace palace b by representatives of or Holland Switzerland Switz erland and tho Scandinavian cons coun- tries ries the Dutch government Jo is re requested re- re quested d to present to the secretary of ho tho league of at nations tho the plan for tor a high court t of ot nations agreed upon after atter long IonS stU study by these neutrals Tho The salIent points ot of the tho plan are areas areas areas as follows vs I Complete equality of ot states In tho the nomination of members o of the tho court Tho The court must roust bo be free tree of or every y I poll political II cal Influence tho the Judges being Independent In their actions of ot tho the even OYen of at tho the governments whiCh appointed them Tho The law faculties of at universities to tobe tobe too be o consulted in tho the selections of ot mem mem- Tho The nominations of or Judges to be for tor nipo years cars or life liCe the tho Judges must live 11 liven In n the tho city selected as the permanent site sito Ito ot of the court Salaries and costs to bo ho shared d equally qually by tho members of oC the tho league States not members of or the tho league to tobe tobo tobo bo be permitted to participate In the courts court's benefits appearing as plaintiffs plain plain- tiffs Iffs or defendants I The Interests of ot private persons to tobe tobe tobe be tried only onto Insofar aa as their to tato takes over their claim claims The Tho court only to decide cases of ot an International legal character Th The Tho general procedure to follow tollow the plan approved by tho the second con- con of 1907 1507 Each party In a suit salt to pay his own expenses It Wits was S explained to tho the correspondent dent ent that thal while tho the nations n tInS t. t lug InS ng In this conference aro are not bound boundy by y the tho plan advanced ad they aro are agreed In n all its phu phases cEl l' l Each ach of or these nations na- na ions tione had ball drafted an individual plan and nd tho the conference co d them at t Hollands Holland's Invitation |