WORLD COURT MAY BE ASKED TO DECIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 226, 23 September 1936, Page 7

WORLD COURT MAY BE ASKED TO DECIDE.

LEAGUE PUZZLE. Admission of Abyssinian Delegates. ITALY HOLDING ALOOF. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 22. The Credentials Sub-committee of the League of Nations unanimously decided to submit to the Hague Court of International Justice the question of Abyssinia's eligibility to be represented at the Assembly. The sub-committee will advise the Assembly whether Abyssinia may, meanwhile, take part in the Assembly meeting. According to the British L'nited Press representative, Mr. W. J. Jordan repeatedly asked the committee who objected to Abyssinia's credentials, but received no answer. The proposal to refer the question to The Hague will be the subject of a vote in the Assembly. It is recognised that The Hague might decline to give a ruling or might contend that there is insufficient information to recommend a commission to go to Western Abyssinia to investigate conditions. Anyway, no early reply can be expected. Meanwhile, Italy is adhering to her decision not to send a delegation to Geneva until the Abyssinians are finally excluded. Disturbing Realities. The Abyssinian delegation has sent a Note to the committee calling attention to the existence of a regular native Government at Gore and claiming that under international law the State of Abyssinia, therefore, continues to exist. A British official wireless message states that the chairman of the League Assembly, Senor Don Vicuna (Chile), submitted the following names for membership of the Credentials Committee: Mr. Eden (Britain), M. Delbos (France), M. Litvinoff (Russia), Senor Tudela y Varella (Peru), M. Steffab Osuski (Czechoslovakia), M. Politis (Greece), Mr. Jordan (New Zealand), Dr. Tewfik Aras (Turkey), and Dr. ilumberg (Holland). When Mr. Eden arrived at Geneva he engaged in private conversations with M. Delbos and others before the opening of the League Assembly under the chairmanship of Senor Vicuna. In his opening address the chairman referred to the critical world situation and said: "It would be dangerous to close one's eyes to its disturbing realities."