LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1924, Page 3

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

[R kui Kits Tki, kg rams.] EH AC! UK DECISIONS, (Received lliis cla.v aL 11.25 a.in.) GENEVA, Sep. IS. If t l*ji ilspiros Mini tin l basis of the proposed |iJift which llu* miili-t-oniinit-teu are discussing will lie Unit all signalories shall undertake to recognise tlie Jurisdiclion of the Court of International .Justice, and submit all disputes, the settlement of which are Hot provided for under Article 12, 1.1, and IA of the Covenant to the Conn cil of the League, which shall nice a decision by a majnrily vote, Imt the procedure in regard to arhilraliou is still lo he settled, and possibly in view of the objections raised hv one delegation, a separate body, instead of the Council of the League may he established, as a Court of Arbitration. The ({uestioii of partial agreements or so-called regional agreements between various Slates apparently led to considerable discussion yesterday. Finally the French proposal was agreed to. namely that so long as the Convenant is not universal, partail agreements should continue to exist, though coming within the scope of a general pact for mutual assistance, provided they are registered and published by the" League. The Budget Committee of the League, by sixteen votes, rejected the Italian proposal to increase the vote for health organisation! by two hundred thousand francs. Ilritain, South Africa, New Zealand, and India voted against, and Australia and Ireland for the motion. The Canadian delegate was absent. The proposal of Hrn/.il and Portugal, however, to make the increase 1!l0,000 francs was adopted. The present arrangements for an international exchange of health officers will be maintained. The committee voted two hundred thousand francs for settlement of refugees, with a rider added by Sir Henry Strakosch (South Africa) that the appropriation must disappear in 15)20.