EMPIRE DISPUTES
PROPOSAL TO SET UP TRIBUNAL AGREED TO BY DOMINIONS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] TORONTO, September 19. The advisability of a Commonwealth tribunal to settle business of a justifiable character between the Dominions was agreed upon to-day by the Commonwealth Conference. The method by which the body will be set up was not defined, the majority being of opinion that the tribunal be general, and accepted by each Dominion, voluntarily. The phrase was applied to legal interpretation of treaties and Commonweath agreements. It was felt that constitutional matters should continue to be dealt with only by the Imperial Conference. The Commonwealth tribunal would function similarly to the Internationa Court, fol-
owing in technique, the composition of the institution at The Hague, and would simply give an opinion in Empire matters. Some delegates thought that Commonwealth disputes would eventually go to the permanent Court of International Justice. However, public opinion was at present against, such a course, therefore it was expedient to have a Commonwealth Court.,
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1933, Page 5
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167EMPIRE DISPUTES Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1933, Page 5
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