Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-02-21


intercourse between their nationals and
| the nationals of the covenant-breaking
| state and the prevention of all finan-
| cial. commercial or personal inter-
| course between the nationals of the
| covenant-break king state and the ma
| tionals of any other state, whether
member of the league or not
1t shall be the duty of the executive
| council in such case to recommend
| what effective military or naval force
| the members of the league shall sew
| orally contribute to the armed forces
| to be used to protect the covenants OF
| the league.
ARTICLE XVII.
In the event of disputes between one
| state member of the league and an
| other state which is not a member OF
! the league the high contracting parties
/ agree that the STAGE or states not mem
| bers of the league shall be invited to
accept the obligations of membership
in the league for the purposes of such
| dispute. upon such conditions as the
| executive council may deem just ana
| upon acceptance of any such invitation
| the above provisions shall be applied
| with such notifications as may be
| deemed necessary by the league.
In the event of power so invited re-
| fllsing to accept the obligations OF mem
bership in the league for the purposes OF
! the league which in the case OF state
| member of the league would constitute
breach of Article XII. the provisions OF
Article XVI shall be applicable as against
| the state taking such action.
ARTICLE XVIII.
! The high contracting parties agree that
| the league shall be entrusted with general
| supervision of the trade in arms and am
| munition with the countries in which the
| control of this traffic is necessary IN the
| common interest.
ARTICLE XIX.
To those colonies and territories which
| as a consequence of the late war have
| ceased to be under the sovereignty OF the
| states which formerly governed them and
| which are inhabited by peoples not yet
able to stand by themselves under the
| strenuous conditions of the modern world,
| there should be applied the principle that
| the wellbeing and development of such
| peoples form sacred trust Of civilization
and that securities for the performance
| of this trust should be embodied in the
| constitution of the league.
| The best method of giving practical ef-
! feet to this principle is that the tutelage
| of such peoples should be entrusted to
advanced nations who by reason of their
resources, their experience or their
| geographical position. can best undertake
| this responsibility, and that this tutelage
| should be exercised by them as manda-
| tory ON behalf of the league.
! Certain communities formerly belonging
| to the Turkish empire have reached a
stage of development which their exist
ence as independent nations can be pro-
/ viSionally recognized subject to the rem
| dering of administrative advice and as
sistance by mandatory power until such
| time as they are able to stand alone The
| wishes of these communities must be a
| principal consideration in the selection Of
| the mandatory power
There are territories such as southwest
| Africa and certain of the south Pacific
| isles, which, owing to the sparseness of
| their population, or their small size, or
! their remoteness from the centers OF
| civilization, or their geographical continu-
| ity to the mandatory state. and other cir
cumstances, can be best administered I'M
| der the laws of the mandatory state as
| integral portions thereof subject to the
safeguards above mentioned, in the inter
ests of the Indigenous population.
In every case of mandate, the rnanda-
tory state shall render to the league an
annual report in reference to the territory
committed to it's charge.
ARTICLE Xxx.
The high contracting parties will
| endeavor to secure and maintain fair
and humane conditions of labor for
men, women and children, both in their
Z
! which their commercial and industrial
relations extend and to that end agree
| to establish as part of the organiza-
| ton of the league a permanent bureau
| of labor.
ARTICLE XXI
The high contracting parties agree
/ that provision shall be made through
| the instrumentality of the league to
secure and maintain freedom of transit
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| merce of all states members of the
league having in mind, among other
/ things, special arrangements with re-
| gard to the necessities of the regions
| devastated during the war of 1914-19iS.
ARTICLE XXI.
| The high contracting parties agree
| to place under the control of the league
| of international bureaus general trea-
| ties if the parties to such treaties con-
| sent. Furthermore, they agree that all
/ such international bureaus to be con-
| stituted in future shall be placed under
control of the league.
ARTICLE XIII.
| The high contracting parties agree that
| every treaty or international engagement
| entered into hereafter by any state mem
Der of the league shall be forthwith regis
| tered with the secretary general, and as
soon as possible published by him, and
that no such treaty or international en-
/ gagement shall be binding until SO regis
| tered.
ARTICLE XIV.
1t shall be the right of the body of
| delegates from time to time to advise the
reconsideration by states members OF the
league of treaties which have become in
| applicable, and of.international conditions
| of which the continuance may endanger
| the peace of the world.
ARTICLE XIV.
| The high contracting parties severally
| agree that the present covenant is ac-
cepted as abrogating all obligations inter
! Sc which are inconsistent with the terms
| thereof, and solemnly engage that they
| will not hereafter enter into any engage
ments inconsistent with the terms thereof.
| In case any of the powers signatory here
| to or subsequently admitted to the league
| shall, before coming a party to this cove
| nant, have undertaken any obligations
which are inconsistent with the terms of
| this covenant, it shall be the duty Of such
| power to take immediate steps to procure
| its release from such obligations.
ARTICLE XVI.
Amendments to this covenant will take
| effect when ratified by the states whose
representatives compose the executive
| council and by three-fourths of the states
whose representatives compose the body
| of delegates.