THE WORLD COURT.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15979, 6 May 1924, Page 5

THE WORLD COURT.

AN AMERICAN PLAN. AN ALL-EMBRACING TREATY, (Australian end N.Z Cable Assn.) NEW YORK, May 4. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that the sub-committee of the Senate, which is considering the question as to whether America should participate in the World Court, will probably report to the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate that the proposal should be accepted. The acceptance will he suggested subject to an amendment providing that a treaty should he negotiated with all the members of the League of Nations for a World Court, which would create a separate assembly and a council for the appointment of Courts and Judges. The purpose of the amendment is to divorce the World Court from the League, thus overcoming Republican objections to anything involving the United States in membership of the League.

The acceptance of the amendment would mean negotiation s with more than 50 nations, and unanimity would be extremely unlikely. There are indications, however, that the Senate will not accept the World Court proposal in any form, and it is fairly certain that the present session of Congress will take no action in the matter. •

Public agitation will continue, however. It is expected that opponents of the proposal will make their objections known before the sub-commit-tee while it is sitting.