Parsec
a unit of stellar distances is to sit at The Hague, took place Feb. now commonly employed by astronomers, 15, 1922. The first president is Bernard and equal to the distance of a star whose C. J. Loder of Holland, while other counparallax is one second. It is equivalent tries represented in the original member- PERSIA PIUS XI ship, in addition to the United States, a not altogether satisfactory condition in are Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Brazil, and Cuba. Norway, Roumania, Jugo-Slavia, and China are represented in the first deputy judgeships. While the court has no means at its command to enforce compliance with its decisions, it may be noted that under Article XIII of the League of Nations Covenant the members of the League agree that they will carry out in full good faith the award of any court to which they have submitted a dispute for arbitration and that they will not resort to war against any member state complying with such award. In case of failure to carry out an award the League Council may propose steps to give effect thereto, and should any League member resort to war in disregard of any of its agreements under the Covenant, it shall be deemed by such act to have committed an act of war against all the other members.
League PERSIA. Treaty of amity and alliance with Soviet Russia, February 26, 1921.
Evacuated by all troops, Russian and British (November, 1921).