Show f iNOs PLAN FOR FO GOUR OUT I I II I II Several European Powers Said to toBe I IBe Be Considering the I tion Very Favorably IT WOULD MAKE FOR PEACE In No Way Intended to In Prize Court EstablIshed By Second In Hague c Conference Washington Jan depart department department ment officials have received wih with much satisfactIon during tIme the last few Cew days tidings lending leading them to 1 believe that I several ot of the principal powers ot of Europe are arc considering favorably Secy proposal to the nations look looking I Ing to the establishment ot of a per permanent manent court of international arbi arbitral I trl justice While no formal or def det mite answers ers have been received to the joint note addressed to the powers power diplomats here and abroad recognize tIme the great importance ot of the proposition ton tion from an International peace standpoint In discussing the tho scope ond and ton tion or of the tho proposed court a state de department department official familiar with the plan explained today that It was not the Intention directly to supplant the international prize court established us as usa asa a resul result ot of the second Hague confer conference ence nevertheless he made It clear that had the court been bean thoroughly thorough satisfactory In IH its operation a ne nep court would not have have ben bean suggested rhe he so caled called permanent court as asat nt at present constituted Is merely a apanel apanel panel of at judges and experience Is held to have shown that the selection or of these judges Is a difficult task lIe De sides that the tribunal when con constituted decides only the tho particular cae case submitted to I it and with that decision passes out of existence n a now new case requires a new trIbunal tribunal This temporary character of at the court re results suIts In n a lack of continuity In policy Because of at the tho dela delays s incidental to the erection only six cases have hae been sub submitted ur up to the present time for tor Its adjudication PRENT PRESENT PRIZE COURT Time The present prize court Is ot of jurisdiction and Its VCr very existence pre presupposes presupposes supposes the existence ot of war var for It ItIs itis Is only In time or of war that neutral property ma may be captured and The by time the nations ot or Sec Secy proposal would I It Is urged endow time the world wih with Ia ite first trul truly permanent International tribunal sitting permanently and adequate to tote te the arising In the the ro 1 stances either ot of peace or of war war fC See proposal I is simply to enlarge the tho scope Ind and character character ot of the prize curt court Ho He consIders I its composition tion satisfactory It If not Ideal and ho proposes to Invest It with the jurl jurisdiction tion and functions ot of a court ot of ar arbItral arbitral ton justice thus securing the ton lion at of the court as I a chamber ot of prize court by single negotiation Although the court would have no power to enforce Its decisIon once ence Is cited as showIng that Inter international national arbitration awards have 31 al always ways been accepted by the partle parties and andI I It Is argued that a a permanent court courtot ot of arbitration would surel surely have the tho support ot of time tho public opinion of the orld In the tho event ot of war time the pro ot of actIons affecting neutral rights would be determined In n a trib tribunal tribunal unal the overwhelming majority or of which would represent neutral nations neutral Interests would no longer bo be at atthe atthe the mercy ot of belligerent privilege WOULD REALIZE HOPES I The he state department official who pr these considerations In favor ot of ottle tle the court went on to sy syThe say The acceptance or of this simple device would at no a stroke It would seem rca rea 10 lizo the hopes and aspirations ot of cn cen tures tunes by the e establishment at The Tho Hague ot of a tribunal permanently In iii session to receive and adjudicate cate cate al all cases submitted to Its arbitration ton tion without the difficulties and delays at present Incident to time the formation Of t a temporary court and wIthout e cx penso pense to the litigating nations because the tho new curt court had been beon sustained by bythe bythe the nations party party to Is Its establishment The Tho members ot of the court Would ho bo bottea fitted b by training to sit as judges there would grow up an accumulation ot of coherent and continuous precedent to establish a compact compact enlightened and law body of of international Time he court therefore would In the highest t and best sense ense of oC time the word bo be a court or of pence amid I its J establish U I would not merely cOlvert convert arbitration ton tion Into 0 a judicIal proceeding but th time and reasonableness ot of Is its would incline nations to make frequent tise e ot of I it I It would not abolish W yar but It would settle by judicial m aus whIch Il if unsettled ml might ht I lead d to war Is Its creaton creation would therefore mark 11 aim epoch In Inter interact tonal relations and the United States which b by Jays treat treaty ha Imas practically created modern arbitration would en endow endow dow time tho world wih with an Im institution cn cal I to mart maize the resort to ton esy easy and judIcIal |