Show ahe 7 he elect election ion of john bassett aa moore the league of nations has now elected the members of 0 the court ot of international justice to us americans the chief interest A in this election is the fact that a citizen of the united states has been chosen for the new bench despite the fact that our government has not ratified the world court project sent to it a year ago this project is the work of ellhu elihu root he would without doubt have been elected a judge of the new court had he be permitted the use of his name when his declination was received those who in the nomination of john bassett wished to see an american member united moore Nl he has emphatically the judicial temper he has been repeatedly peat edly assistant secretary of the state he is professor of international law at columbia university and a member of the permanent court erected by the hague peace conference mr moore is the author of many works on international law which have given him wide reputation and authority he will doubtless represent this country with advantage among the other judges chosen were the englishman viscount finlay the frenchman charles andrea weiss the italian dionisio anzilotti and the brazilian ruy barbosa when the eleven jurists had been elected it was seen that as representing the english law system as against the spanish codes the members were two to three moreover only a minority of the judges chosen were men of judicial experience nevertheless all the men have reputations as international jurists or experts |