The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-05

mcnc6 Scheme for a League OH
 Nations, which is of interest be-
 cause 1t, no doubt forms the ba-
 as of the memorandum which
 Count BrockdorfY- fY-Rantzau has
 addressed to the Allied and Asso-
 ciated Powers.)
 I. Fundamental Principles.
 1. The League of Nations shall, by means of compulsory arbitration In international disputes without re- sort to force of arms, lay the foun- dalton of lasting peace between It's members upon the moral force Of right, and shall serve the spiritual and material progress of humanity by way of international cooperation The League shall be permanent and shall constitute a united body for common defence against external az gression. The members shall guar antee one another's territorial integ- rity, and shall refrain from interfer- ence in each others domestic af- fairs.
 2. The especial objects of the League of Nations are:-
 (a) Prevention of international dis putes.
 (b) Disarmament.
 Co Assurance of free commercial relations and of general economic equality.
 (d) Protection of national minori- ties.
 (e) Creation of an international la- bor charter.
 (f) Regulation of colonial matters.
 (g) Coordination of existing and future international institutions.
 (h) Creation of World Parlia- ment.
 8. The League of Nations shall comprise:-
 (a) All belligerent States. includ- ing those which have arisen during the war.
 (b) All neutral States which were formerly connected with the Hague Arbitration League.
 Co All other States admitted by consent of two-thirds of the existing members of the League. Member ship of the League of Nations shall be open to the Papacy.
 4. The members pledge them selves to conclude no private treaty which is at variance with the objects of the League. and to enter into no secret engagement whatever. Any such existing treaties shall be dis solved.
 Secret treaties shall be null and void.
 A-SOnStlCu1On.
 The organs of the League of Notions shall be:-
 (a) The Congress of States. |. (b) The World Parliament
 Co The permanent International Tribunal.
 (d) The International Board of Mediation.
 (e) The International Administra- tive Boards.
 (f) The Chancellery.
 A.. The Congress of States.
 6. The Congress of States shall be the assembly of the representative of the League of Nations. Each State shall have from one to three repre-. each State may only vote unanimous ly.
 2. The Congress shall meet at least once in every three years.
 8. The Congress shall conduct the business of the League of Nations in so far as it Is not delegated to other bodies; the Congress shall elect at its first meeting a standing committee, which shall conduct business in the intervals between the meeting of the Congress.
 9. The decisions of the Congress, in so far as is not otherwise provided by the treaty. shall be made by a majority of suwo-thirds of the. States represented. Otherwise the Congress shall itself determine its procedure.
 B. Tho World Parliament. '.
 10. The first World Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the several Parliaments of the States belonging to the League. Each individual Parliament shall elect one delegate for every million inhabitants of the State it represents; but no Par liament may send more than ten rep resentafives.
 II. The future composition of the World Parliament shall be determin- ed by the World Parliament Itself, States.
 12. The sanction of the World Parliament shall be requisite for:-
 (a) Alteration in the constitution of the League.
 (b) The establishment of generally valid international legal standards.
 Co The appointment of new ofn- cials of the League.
 (d) The determination of the bud- get of the League.
 In these matters the World Parlia- ment shall also have the right of in- itiative.
 10. '" OTlo SHdiI meet simultaneously with the Con gross of States. Otherwise it shall regulate its own procedure. O. Tho Permanent International Tribute.
 14. The International Tribunal shall be elected by the Congress of States for a period of nine years, in the following manner:-
 Each State shall propose at least one and not more than four persons who are fit and ready to assume the office of judge. One at least of the nominees shall not be a subject of the nomipating State.
 Each State shall name fifteen per- sons out of the list of nominees; the fifteen persons who receive the high est number of votes shall be elected judges. When judges vacate their posts their places shall be taken by those persons who received the next highest number of votes. in the order | of the number of votes received. 15. The decisions of the Tribunal