Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-20

undertakes Immediately to subject 1t
to the severance Of all trade or imam
cial relations. the prohibition of all
intercourse between their nationals and
state and the prevention OF all imam.
cial. commercial or -personal inter-
courye between the nationals Of the
mountaineering state and the ma.
tionals of any other state. whethersa
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 10 not Q member of
the league the high contracting parties
agree that the state or states not men,
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 ~ the
executive council may deem just, and
upon acceptance Of any such invitation
the above provisions shall be applied
with such notifications Is may be
deemed necessary by the league.
In the event Of power 20 invited re-
fusing to accent the obligations Of menu
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 ~ aSainst
the state taking such action.
Y ARTICLE XVIII. i
The high contracting parties agree that
the league shall be entrusted with general
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munition with the countries in which the
control Of this trafnc 10 necessary In the
common interest.
To those colonies and territories which
as 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 a 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 il that the 7tutelage
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 tutelaSe
tory on behalf Of the league. =
Certain communities formerly belonging
to the Turkish empire have reached q
stage Of development which their exist
ence as Independent nations can be pro-
visionally recognized subject to the ren-
dering Of administrative advice and as
distance by mandatory power until such
time as they are able to stand alone. The
wishes Of these communities must be q
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 continue
ity to the mandatory state, and other cir
cumstances. can be best administered UNI
der the laws of the mandatory state az
integral portions thereof, subject to the
safeguards above mentioned, in the inter-
ests of the indigenous population. sst,,, >,
In every case of mandate, the manda-
tory state shall render to the league an
annual report in reference to the territory
committed to its charge.
ARTICLE xA.
The hjgh contracting parties will
endeavor to secure and maintain fair
and humane conditions OF labor for
men. women and children, both in their
own countries and in all countries to
which their commercial and industrial
relations extend. and to that end agree
to establish as part of the organixa-
ton Of the league permanent bureau
Of labor. ...sl.st..,iis
= ARTICLE XXI s. S.
The high contracting parties agree
that provision shall be made through
the fundamentally Of the league to
secure and maintain freedom Of transit
and equitable treatment for the COM
merce of all states members Of the
league, having in mind. among other
things, special arrangements with re-
devastated during the war Of 1914-1s1s.
ARTICLE xxi. -sss.,
The high Contracting parties agree
to place under the control Of the league
Of international bureaus general trea-
ties IL 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 hiRh contracting parties agree that
every treaty or international engagement
entered into hereafter by any state mems
ber Of the league shall be. forthwith regis
tered with the secretary general. and %
soon a. possible published by him, and
that no such treaty or international en-
gagement shall be binding until 10 regis
ARTICLE XIV. 5 5
3 It 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 condition.
Of which the continuance may endanger
the peace Of the world.
z sss ARTICLE XIV.
The high contracting parties severally
agree that the present covenant 10 ac-
copied as abrogating all obligations inter
rs which are inconsistent with the terms
thereof, and solemnly engage that they