New Britain herald., 1918-09-23
Would Return to Germany Its
 Power to Strike Again
COLONIES TO BE GIVEN BACK
Small Neutral States Would Enjoy Leagues ProtCctiOn"-Freed of Seas and Reduction of Armament Proposed-Germany a signatory.

Amsterdam, Sept. 23.-A draft of a constitution for a league of nations, worked out in detail by Matthias Erz- berger, Clerical member of the Ger Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. It is taken from a book entitled "The League of Nations, the Way to Peace" which Erzberger will publish soon.
 The first section of this constitution dealing with the organization of such a league, says "any sovereign state can enter the league, which shall be considered to have been formed when the following powers are among those who have announced adher- ence: Great Britain, France, United States Russia and Germany"
 The Hague would be the seat of the league and there the information al bureau would conduct it's business. Each state with the approval of it's parliament would appoint one dele gate. The international bureau would be controlled by a permanent admin istrative council consisting of the representatives of federated powers, with the Dutch foreign minister as chairman.
 How About African Outrages?
 Dealing with fundamental laws, the second section says:
 The league shall guarantee the territorial. possessions of each feder- ated state as we'll as undisturbed possession of colonies.'' Each state would be independent in the conduct of it's internal and foreign affairs within the limits of the leagues con- stitution.
 How About Belgium?
 States whose governments, with the assent of their parliaments, declare their permanent naturalization would be recognized by all members of the league as permanently neutral and would enjoy the leagues protection. All available means would be used against any federal state outside of the league which attacks a federal state or takes up arms without haV- ing applied to the arbitration court or awaited it's judgment, or which takes arms instead of accepting its judgment.
 How About Kaiser's Krupp Plant?
 Members of the league mutually would undertake to cut down and steadily reduce their land, naval and aerial forces, according to a fixed standard to be agreed upon. They would further undertake not to use their forces for any other object than the maintenance for internal order, defense of their territory against at tack and for joint execution of the leagues mandates.
 Figures showing the annual ex- penditure for armament the number of troops under arms, war materials in hand and the number of warships in commission would be communi- cated annually to The Hague bureau which would publish them. The con- stitution provides for economic equal ity and for the principle of the open door, all mem bers of the league grant ing each other favored nation treat ment.
 For the first decade after the found atlon of the league each states sur plus of raw materials would be divid- ed between the other federal states, according to a standard to be agreed upon. This would be respective of the imports of the year, the output and the special needs of individual states due to the war.
 How About U-Boats?
 Members of the league would re- cognize freedom of the seas. Straits, canals and connecting seas, both 1 banks of which are not in possession 1 of the same federal state, would be 1 internationalized and the fortifica- 1 tons retained, guarded by command | consisting of contingents from all the | federated states and commanded l
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