The Assembly of the League of Nations, which began its
second session at Geneva on September 6th, devoted several days to .a general debate on the report of the Council. Mr. Balfour on Saturday last and M. Bourgeois on Monday felt it necessary to warn the Council's critics that the League could not do everything at once, and to declare that in their view the League was steadily winning public favour. The establish- ment of the Permanent Court of International Justice was assured last month, when twenty-seven States ratified the statute adopted a year ago. On Wednesday the Council and Assembly proceeded to elect the eleven judges by ballot from a list of about eighty jurists nominated by different countries. The candidates who received an absolute majority of the votes cast in both bodies were Lord Finlay, Professor J. B. Moore of Columbia University Professor Weiss for France, Signor Anzilotti for Italy, Sefior Altanrira for Spain, Dr. Oda for Japan, Dr. Loder for Holland, Dr. Huber for Switzerland, M. Nyholm for Denmark, Senhor Barboza for Brazil, and Dr. de Bustamente for Cuba.
Previous page
