Secretary Kellogg despatched from Washington last week a formal rejection of the invitation extended by the Council of the League of Nations to the U. S. (TIME, March 29), requesting the presence of a U. S. representative at Geneva on Sept. 1, to attend a conference of the Court-adherent nations, at which the U. S. Senate's announced conditions (TiME, Feb. 8, CONGRESS) for U. S. adherence to the World Court might be discussed.
Text. Secretary Kellogg wrote:
"If the states signatory to the permanent court desire to confer among themselves, the United States...