NEW WORLD COURT PLAN

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 193, 10 May 1924, Page 7

NEW WORLD COURT PLAN

INTRODUCED IN UNITED STATES SENATE PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE A new plan for a World Court has been introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Lodge, who proposes that President Coolidge should call an international conference to organise a Court of Justice entirely divorced from the League of Nations,

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(Reo. May 9, 7.30 p.m.) Washington, May 8. Senator Lodge has introduced in the Senate a substitute for the late President Harding’s World Court plan. The resolution authorises President Coolidge to call a world conference at The Hague to organise an International Court of Justice, entirley divorced from the League of Nations. Such a court shall, be composed of sixteen of the leading Powers, each of which shall have a single representative serving as. Judge. ~The court panel will consist of twelve judges and four deputy judges, each of whom will have a single vote. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. YEARS BEFORE PLAN COULD BE PUT INTO EFFECT (Rec. May 9, 9.5 p.m.) New York, May 8. The “New York Times’’ Washington correspondent said Senator Lodges’ ac-

iion in presenting his substitute World Court plan came as a surprise to the Senate generally, and it is feared that it will complicate an already difficult situation concerning the World Court. The new plan makes a document totalling nearly six thousand words, and is accompanied by another six thousand words of explanation. Senator Lodge co-operated with a local international lawyer in formulating the document which it is believed will not command support of the State Department.

President Coolidge, it is understood, will not oppose Senator Lodge’s idea, but friends of the World Court state that little can be expected from it for a considerable period, since the Foreign Relations Committee must hold hearings upon the resolution, which later must be adopted by both Houses of Congress, and after obtaining President Coolidge’s approval can be put into effect only after the President has called a great international conference, which a treaty would be drawn up requiring the Senate’s approval. The elapse of time involved could be computed in years. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.