14 DECEMBER 1929, Page 2

America and the World Court On Monday at Geneva the

United States representative signed the Statutes of the Permanent Court of Inter- national Justice. Ratification has yet to be obtained from that incalculable body, the American Senate, but the adherence of the United States to the Court is very much nearer than it was. In 1924 President Coolidge, though he genuinely hoped that America would be able to join the Court, suggested the reservation that she should not accept compulsory judgments on matters in which she herself was concerned. In 1926 the Senate voted in principle for adherence to the Court by a large majority, but added five reservations which caused so much misunderstanding and recrimination that the American Government dropped the whole subject for the time being. * * * *