NEW WORLD COURT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25211, 25 May 1945, Page 8

NEW WORLD COURT

BREAKING WITH PAST SEAT STILL AT THE HAGUE LONDON, May 23 The United Nations decided in committee at the San Francisco Conference resterday to dissolve the old permanent court of international justice and replace it by a new world court, to be . called the International Court of Juswere enemy countries which " -were members of the old court it was " stated, and there was a general, desire ' to break away from the old associations. The committee also decided that the new Coiirt should be at The Hague. . The Court will consist of 15 Judges, -each holding office for nine vears. ISo two Judges may be nationals or the lame country.

; LEVANT QUESTION FRENCH POINT OF VIEW SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.'! A spokesman for the French delegation at the San Francisco Conference, M. Raymond Offroy, told a press conference that France must maintain a dominant position in the Levant, or some other great Power would replace her. M. Offroy stated that France had ' planned to use the Levant for air bases, depots and ports in the war against Japan. He added that neither Syria nor . Lebanon could guarantee its security in modern warfare, therefore some great Power must serve as protector. DELEGATE'S SHARP REPLY NEW YORK. May 23 After persistent <rnestioning on the Polish problem by representatives of anti-Russian Polish publications M. ' Manuilski, leader of the Ukraine delegation at San Francisco, finally < denounced the inquiries as disruptive of Allied unity. When asked to explain the arrest , of the 16 Polish leaders he replied: "I ask American journalists this question: Imagine American troops while liberating France being shot in the back by ; Fascist agents. Would General Eisenhower tolerate such actions and not take the necessary measures?" , RUSSIAN REPUBLICS SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 The chairman of the Ukrainian delegation. M. Manuilski, at a press conference, said all 16 autonomous repub-. .' lies of the U.S.S.R. would eventually 6eek individual membership in the ■world security organisation. The Ukrainian and White Russian .flags have been joined to those of the . other United Nations in the war memorial opera house. The flags had to be made in San Francisco, as the delegates did not bring anv. Also they were not quite clear regarding the description of the flags because the republic so recently became independent. The flags are similar to that of the Soviet Union with the name of each republic in Russian letv.ters. JAPANESE LOSE STING SETBACKS IN CHINA LONDON, May 23 The Japanese armies in Central China have lost a great deal of their sting as a result of setbacks in the Honan, Hupeh and Hunan Provinces, and it is doubtful whether they will be able to stage fftiother major offensive. That is the opinion of military observers in Chungking, says a correspondent in Chungking. This new situation is attributed to the .following factors: —(1) The Japanese . face a growing number of American- . trained and equipped Chinese troops, who. for the first time in China's history, can be shifted by air from one front to another. (2) Japanese coastal defences are ' being strengthened to meet a possible Allied landing and have drained the test manpower from the interior. (3) Allier] war supplies to China are gradually increasing and enabling the Fourteenth Army Air Force to give unprecedented support to the Chinese ground troops. (4) Japanese morale is getting lower •ss war-weary front-line soldiers learn the truth of the Burma and Pacific campaigns, and of the bombing of their homeland. EMPIRE PAY TEA PARTY WAR PRISONERS AT PALACE -l(Recd. 0.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 21 To mark Empire Day, the King and Queen will today give a tea partv at Buckingham Palace to repatriated prisoners of war Afterwards, with Princess -Elizabeth, thev will attend a Festival of Empire at the Albert Hall.