WORLD COURT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16423, 6 May 1924, Page 5

WORLD COURT.

AGITATION IN AMERICA.

SENATE’S HOSTILITY.

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,

NEW YORK, May 4. The New York Times’ Washington correspondent says the sub-committee holding hearings of the World Court proposal will probably report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Court proposal should be accepted, with an amendment providing for negotiation of a protocol with all members of the League of Nations and the World Court, which would create a, separate, assembly and' council for the appointment of the Court’s judges, the design of the amendment being to divorce the Court from the League, thus overcoming the Republican ,objections to .anything involving the United States in League membership. The acceptance of this amendment would mean negotiations with an excess of fifty nations, and unanimity would be extremely unlikely. Observers clearly indicate, however, that the Senate will not accept the Court proposal in any form, and it_ is fairly certain that the present session of Congress will remain actionless thereon. Popular agitation, however, will continue. It is expected that opponents to the proposal will make their objections known before the sub-com-mitteo during the continued hearing.