The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-09-13


maiori'ies and they are so taken as
B to number OF vital matters con-
tanned in the treaty itself, these five
powers control Again I say they are
the sum and substance Of the treaty
powers and as this shows OF the
league also.
JURISDICTION OF BOTH
The Jurisdiction Of the assembly
and OF the council is: First. those
matters specially referable to each
under the covenant itself. and second.
any matter affecting the peace Of
the world
And in passing upon matters affect
! ing the peace OF the world. both the
assembly and the council determine
whether the subject matter OF dis
! pute 10 solely within the domestic
Jurisdiction OF the party defendant.
so that II Japan should insist up
ION the free entry Of her nationals in
to the United States and we contest
led IT. IL would be for the council
or the league 10 determine whether
/ the exclusion Of undesirable aliens
was "A matter Of our determination.
( or whether II was a matter OF inter
national concern. and II II were the
latter. then they would determine
what our course should be in body
\ in which we would have but one vote
out of nine or in another body where
we would have but one vote out OF
thiTty-two or out OF forty-five. as the
case might be.
So as to our treatment and prote--
ton OF aliens generally in this coun-
| try. our tariff system and many 9TH
er matters il Is not necessary now TO
enumerate.
In addition to the assembly and
the council there is a military COM
mission with underlined powers to
carry out the military provisions Of
the covenant.
There is a permanent seeretariat
for the league with powers of much
Importance. particularly in connec-
ton with the labor organization, and
mandatory commission.
or this entire league organization.
the council is by far the most impor-
tant body because into it's jurisdic-
ton the league covenant puts in the
first instance all matters OF prime
importance.
\ In other words while the document
purposes 10 create league in which
all nations are equal. yet as a matter
of fact IL entrusts the fundamentals
functions created by the covenant to
a group OF nine states. five of which
lare the principal allied and associated
powers I have already named.
In this connection 7 NAV in passing
remark that neither Russia nor Ger
many nor Austria nor Bulgaria nor
Turkey. whose combined populations
/ include probably half of the civilized
Christian world and will possibly
reach Aon 100000. has been asked 10
Join this league.
or the European powers who have
been asked to join two only are re-
nublics. all the rest are monarchies.
In this league assembly. when corsti-
tuted. the Anglo Saxon race will have
seven votes out of a possible thirtv-
two or forty-five In the council
the Anglo Saxon race will have two
votes out of nine.
In the assembly the vote OF the
Hediez NJ Arabia or OF the represeT.-
tatiye OF Haiti. IL equal 10 our own
In the council. Belgium may. when il
comes 10 voting. sneak with authority
as persuasive as ours.
Yet should we go to war under the
league. we must furnish more mil.
lions Of men than the Hediez Of Ara
hia or Liberia. or Haiti viii furnish
thousands. and we shall furnish more
billions OF dollars than they should
furnish hundreds of thousands.
LABOR ORGANIZATION
A word should alsn be said regard
ing the labor organization provided
for nv this covenant Each origina
member Of the league OF nations Il
also member OF the labor organiza
ton. created under the treaty. which
functions through first n general cor
ference made M of four representa-
tives cnminV from each member.
or these four representatives, two
are government delegates one is ~
employers or canital delegate, ans
ono Is a labor delegate.
You will observe that this treaty
forces for the first time in our his
tory formal class distinction con
irarv IN our CONSTITUTIONAL nrovisinr
hetwean labor IN the one hand an(
caDital on the other. Under the pro
visions OF this document. the canita
and labor dslesates must be ''tnos
representative ~ employers or worl
Deople," and the conference has IN,