Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-11

undertake TINS reSpOnSltplllty anu WuO
are willing to accept iFt and that this
tutelage should be exettcised by them
as mandataries on behal d OF the league
The character of the mandate must
differ according to the pNtage OF devel-
opmcnt Of the people, Il be geographical
situation of the territot y. it's economic
conditions and other ttmilar circum-
stances.
Certain cOmmunitiesff formerly be
longing to the Turkish empire have
r,.ached a stage of dew iopment where
their existence as indie iendent nations
can be professionally rec bgnized subject
to the rendering of adI illustrative ad-
vice and assistance by a ina ndatary un-
I'll such time as they al able to stand
alone The wishes of llese communi-
| ties must be a principal consideration
| in the selection of the thandatary.
other peoples especially those of
| central Africa, are at slIEAh a stage that
! the mandatory must be responsible for
/ the administration OF tile territory un-
| der conditions which Twill guarantee
! freedom Of conscience l and religion.
| subject only to the maintenance of pub
! lie order and morals. tht prohibition OF
! abuses such as the slave trade. the
| arms traffic and the lialuor traffic, and
| the prevention of the Establishment OF
! fortinCatious or military and naval
| bases and of military traininR OF the
! natives for other than police purposes
| and the defense of territory, and will
! also secure equal opportunities for the
| trade and commerce of lother members
| Of the league.
| There are tcrritoriers pkuch as South
! west Africa and CertVb of the South
| Pacific islands. whigo ! owing to the
| sparscness of their ~ hlation or their
| small size. or their lmoteness from
| the centers of civiliza 2 ln. or their geo
! graphical Contigutty the territory
| of the mandatory, and other ciTcum-
| stances. can be best adnI Mustered under
! the laws OF the manda1 AIRY as integral
| portions Of its territory subject to the
! safeguards above mentibned In the in
| terests of the indigenous population.
In every case of matdate the man
| datary shall render tt1 the council an
| annual report in reterllnce to the ter
| ritory committed to tt$ charge.
The degree OF auth fifty control, or
administration to be kercised by this
mandatory shall II mot previously
| agreed upon by the members of the
league. be explicitly defined in each
| case by the council
| \ permanent comml ssion shall be
| constituted to receive and examine the
! annual reports OF the Thandataries and
! to advise the council on az matters re
! hitting 10 the observance OF the man
dates.
| ARTICLE 2a.-Subje6 10 and in ac-
! CordanCc with the provisions OF inter
| national conventions etisting or here
after to he agreed UPON. the members
of the league:
(a) will endeavort to secure and
| maintain fait and humane
conditions of labor for men.
women, and Children, both in
their own Countries and in
all countries to which their
commercial lind Industrial
relations extShd, and for that
purpose win establish and
maintain tha necessary in
/ ternational Organizations;
Cb) undertake to secure just treat
ment of thFshative inhab-
itants of II itories under
? CONTROL Ell
(c) will intrust the tgue with the
general supeh. sion over the
/ execution of reements with
D regard TO thgtraf1c in wom-
= en- and childien and the traf-
( hc in opium lHnd other dan
D gerous drugS
(d) will intrust thef Ague with the
$ general SUPP ZION of the
e trade in arns nd ammuni-
a ton with Il countries in
e which the fontrol of this
= traffic is necessary in the
e common inteiest;
(e) will make precision to secure
= and mainta& freedom OF
. communicable >epd of tran
Z sit and equtxof e-eatment
e. for--ther14F ~ rec of Al
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