A really important decision was taken by the League of
Nations at Geneva on Monday, when it was decided to set up a Court of International Justice. The Assembly approved the draft statute of the Court with amendments which was prepared by the Council under Article XIV. of the Covenant. Far too little attention has been paid to this matter of an international tribunal. Most persons who have read the whole Treaty seem to have forgotten the proposal. Yet it is a proposal upon which all Republican hopes in America have been centred. We venture to say that when America and Great Britain come nearer together in their negotiations about the League this Court of International Justice will play a prominent part. It would not be surprising if America took the line that this Court should be the pivot of the whole principle of the association of nations.
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