Potent U. S. Senators have laid down by a vote of 76 to 17 the conditions* on which the U. S. will adhere to the World Court. (TIME, Feb. 8, THE CONGRESS). For almost half a year 42 Court-adherent nations have been pondering requests (despatched to each individually by the U. S.) that they accept these reservations.
Stock-taking at Washington last week revealed that:
A) Fourteen nations have not yet acknowledged receipt of the State Department's communication. (Great Britain, Japan, Belgium, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Hungary, Brazil, Chile,...