Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-29

shall have the same force a. ! report
BY the council CONQUERED in BY ali the
members thereof other than the rep
resentatives Of one or o Of the
graph specifically excluding matters
of domestic jurisdiction' from action
by the council 10 new In the last
sentence the words ''If sconcurred in
BY the, representatives Of those mem
'bers OF the league represented on the
council" ETC., have been added.
Article sixteen :
Should any member Of the league
resort to war in disregard Of its cove,
nants under articles twelve, thirteen
or ffteen,. it shall also be deemed to
have committed m act of war against
all other members OF the league.
which hereby undertake Immediately
to submit 1t to the ~seyefence Of all
trade or financial relations, the pro-
hibition of all intercourse between
the covenant-breaking state and the
prevention Of all financial, CONNER
cial or personal intercourse between
the nationals Of the .covenant-break-
ing state and the nationals of any
other state. whether q member Of the
league or not. !.
1t shall be the duty Of the council
! n such case to recommend TO the
several governments concerned what
military or naval forces the members
OF the league shall severally. contrib
used to protect, the c~ovenants=of the
league. The members Of the league
agree, further, that they will mutu-
ally support one another in the f1nan-
cial and economic measures which
are taken under this article, in order
to minimize the. loss and inconveni-
ence resulting from the above meas
ures and that they will mutually sup
port one another in resisting any
special measures aimed at n Of
their territory to. the forces of any
Of. the members Of the league which
are cooperating to protect the. cove
nants OF the league. Any members
of the league which have violated any
covenant. of the league may be de-
clared to be no longer a member of
the league by a vote Of the council
concurred In by the representatives of
all the other members of the league
represented thereon. unchanged ex-
cept for the addition Of the last SEN
t%ence). :.
Article Seventeen.
In the event Of a dispute between a
member Of the league and a state
Is not a member Of the league, or be-
tween states not members Of tAe
bers OF the league shall be invited to
accept the obligations OF membership
in n league for the; purposes OF
such dispute, upon such conditions as
the council may deem Just: If such
invitation. is accepted, the proVisions
OF articles twelve to sixteen Inclusive
shall be applied with such modA1ca-
tons as may be deemed necessaryfby
the council.
Upon such invitation. being given.
the council shall Immediately insti-
tute an inquiry into the circum-
stances OF the dispute and recon-
mend such action as. may. seem best
n most effectual In the circum'
stances. E. s
\ If a state SO invited shall refuse to
accept the obligations. 81 membership
in the league: for. the purpose of such
dispute, and shall resort to wal
against a member OF the league, the
provisions of article sixteen shall be
applicable as against the state taking
such action. NJ. ,
If both parties to the dispute, wher
SO invited. refuse to accept the obli'
cations OF membership in the league
for h purposes of such dispute, the
make such recommendations as viii
prevent hostilities and will result IL
the settlement Of the dispute. ,
VIRTUALLY unchanged.)
Article Eighteen.
Every convention or internationa
engagement entered into hencefor
ward by any member Of the league
shall be forthwith registered with tn,
secretariat and shalF as soonHsas%pos
sible be published by it. No -sucl
treaty or International engagement
shall be binding until so registered.
(Same as original Article 23r
Article Nineteen
The assembly may from, time t,
time advise the reconsideration b.
members OF the league of treatie
which have become in%applicable am
the consideration of international
conditions whose continuance nigh
endanger the peace of the world.
VIRTUALLY the same as original Ar
ticle "a }. !,
Article Twenty.
The members of the. league sever
ially agree that this. covenant. is ,ac
cepting as .abrogating all obligation
or understandings which are in
CONSISTENT Win the terms thereof, ant
solely undertake that they will no
hereafter enter into any engagement
inconsistent with the terms thereof
In a 8 members Of the league shall
before becoming a member Of tn
league, have undertaken any obliga
tions inconsistent with the terms q
this covenant it shall be the duty O
such member to take immediate step
to procure its release from such OBJ
liea; ions.
49,. Article Twenty One.
Nothing in this covenant shall b,
deemed to, affect the validity of in
ternational engagements such az trea
ties of arbitration or regional. under
standings like the Monfoe dictrine TO
securing maintenance Of peace.
entirely new.)
Article Twenty-Five.
To those colonies and territorie
which as a consequence of the lat
war have ceased to. be under the sover
eighty Of the states which formerl;
governed them and. which are inhabit
ed by peoples not able to stand, b,
themselves under the strenuous con
dftions of the modern world, Their
should be applied the principle tina
the well-being and development G
such peoples form a sacred trust o
civilization, and that securities for tn,
performance of, this trust should b
embodied in this covenant.
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