New York, June 2 (By A.P.) -- The Women's International League and the American arbitration crusade made public today the draft of a third instrument designed to carry out the proposal of Premier Briand that war be outlawed between the United States and France by treaty.
The latest document is the work of Dr. Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law of the late president Wilson and professor of law at Harvard University.
Like the draft made public by the American Foundation Sunday, and that written by Prof. James T. Shotwell and J. P. Chamberlain, of Columbia University, and announced Monday, the Sayre document sets up machinery for settling, by conciliation, issues involving national honor or vital interests which are not considered subjects for arbitration or judicial settlement.
The Sayre instrument differs from the Shotwell and American Foundation drafts chiefly in that it relies strongly on the World Court for administration of its provisions. It gives the World Court jurisdiction over five classes of disputes and empowers the court to determine whether any dispute falls within the five categories.
The five classes of disputes are those regarding the interpretation of a treaty, any question of international law, the existence of any fact which would constitute a breach of an international obligation, the extent of reparation to be made for such a breach, and the determination of any fact on which an international dispute has arisen.
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