The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
81 STATES COMPOSE.
LEAGUE Of NATIONS
Full Text Of Covenant Civ.
en- Out By State De-
partment.

WASHINGTON. April 27-The ne
Vtsed covenant OF the League OF Ma.
toms. as it will be presented at Paris
today to the peace conference In
planetary session was made public last
hight by the State Department. Its
ESSENTIAL features, including important
amendments designed TO meet critl-
stems in the United States OF the orig
inal draft, already has been disclosed
through an official summary issued
two weeks ago when the revision was
completed.
Attached to the text, however is tho
hitherto unpublished annex" referred
to in the covenant, in which are named
the 81 states, including the self-goy-
erning British domintons which are
TO be The original members of the
League CT Nations, and 13 states to be
invited 20 accede to the covenant. The
original members are all the nations
which declared war on Germany and in
addition to the new states Of Czecho-
Slovalsia and Poland. Those invited TO
become members BY acced,ng to the
covenant are the three Scandinavian
countries, the Netherlands, Switzer-
land, SPAN and Persia, and the Ameri
can republics Of Argentina, Chile. Co
!ombia, Paraguay, Salvatore and Ven
zeula.
Mexico was not represented in the
conference of neutrals at Paris, and
as was expected does not appear in
the list. Provision is made in the GOV.
enant however, for the admission to
the league OF any fully self-governing
country which will give reu REDO guar
antees, upon two thirds vote Of the
assembly, composed Of representative
es Of the member nations.
AS in the original document, the GOV
enant provides that the league shall
act through an assembly in which
each state shall have one vote and not
more than three delegates and coun.
Gil, comprising for the present one
representative Of each Of the five great
powers and each of four other powers
to be selected from time to time by
the assembly Members of each rep
resented on the council may be in.
creased by unanimous consent Of the
council and majority Of the assem-
bly,.
Publication of the text dtscloses that
the official summary quoted verbatim
the new article recognizing the Mon
roe doctrine. It provides that moth
ing in the covenant shall be deemed to
effect the vail iofdtiy taoinunununun
effect the validity Of international
engagements such as treaties Of arbi.
.tration or regional understandings like
the Monroe Doctrine for securing the
maintenance of peace.
Changes suggested in criticisms in
the United Statessenate add provs-
ions for the withdrawal Of member
nation upon two years notice after
fultillment of the league Obligations,
exempt domestic questions from the
leagues jurisdictions, provide that
manufactures over German colonies or
former Ottoman dominions shall be
given only to nato'ns willing to ac-
cept them, leave it to member states
10 decide what armed force If any 1t
will contribute to the force required
fly the league to enforce its mandates,
and makes 1t clear that member stat
es individually will pass upon propos.
ed limitations upon their ornaments.
WITH notifications. the new draft
includes all the provisions for the
submission to the council OF interna-
tional disputes, for inviting non-mem.
Der nations to accept the obligations
of members for the purpose of adjust.
ing disputes and for breaking econom-
70 relations or the use of armed force
in dealing with state which has
broken the covenant and thereby COM
mitted an "act Of war against the
league"