The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-28

| Their, that they will mutually support one
| another in the financial and economic
measures which are taken under this arti-
| Gle. in order to minimize the loss and in
| convenience resulting from the above meas
| ures, and that they will mutually support
| one another in resisting any special meas
| ures, aimed at one Of their number by the
| covenant breaking state, and that they VIII
| take the necessary steps to afford passage
| thru their territory to the forces OF any
| of the members of the league which are
cooperating to protect the covenants OF
| ANY member of the league which has
| violated any covenant of the league may
be declared to be no longer a member of
| Cured in by the representatives OF all the
other members of the league represented
Unchanged except for the addition
| of the last sentence.)
! Article Seventeen.
| In the event of dispute between mem
| Der of the league and a state which is not
a member of the league, or between states
| not members of the league, the state or
| invited to accept the obligations of mem
| bership in the league for the purposes OF
soen a e epoh sIh SUCH Invitation
| is accepted, the provisions of Articles II
TO Ii, inclusive, shall be applied with such
by the council.
Upon such invitation being given the
council shall Immediately institute an in
| quiry into the circumstances of the dis
| pute and recommend such action as may
seem best and most effectual in the cir
If a state so invited shall refuse to ac-
cept the obligations of membership in the
and shall resort to war against a member
| of the league, the provisions of Article Iii
shall be applicable as against the state
taking such action.
If both parties to the dispute, when so
invited, refuse to accept the obligations of
membership in the league for the purposes
of such dispute, the council may take such
measures and make such recommendations
as will prevent hostilities and will result
! in the settlement of the dispute.
VIRTUALLY unchanged)
Article Eighteen.
i Every convention or international en-
yagement entered into henceforward by any
member of the league shall be forthwith
registered with the secretariat and shall as
soon as possible be published by it. No
such treaty international engagement
shall be binding until so registered.
(Same as original article 23l
Article Nineteen.
The assembly may from time to time
advise the reconsideration by members
of the league of treaties which have be-
come inapplicable, and the consideration
of international conditions whose con-
tinuance might endanger the peace of the
world.
VIRTUALLY the same as original article 24.)
Article Twenty.
The members of the league severalIy
agree that this covenant is accepted as
abrogating all obligations understand
ings inter Sc which are inconsistent with
the terms thereof, and solemnly undertake
that they will not hereafter enter into any
engagements inconsistent with the terms
thereof.
In case members of the league shall, be-
fore becoming a member of the league,
have undertaken any obligations incon-
sstent with the terms of this covenant, it
shall be the duty of such member to take
immediate steps to procure its release from
such obligations.
VIRTUALLY the same as original Article
Twenty -fiye)
Article Twenty-one.
Nothing in this covenant shall be deemed
to affect the validity of international en-
gagements such as treaties of arbitration
or regional understandings like the Mon
roe doctrine for securing the maintenance
, of peace.
entirely new)
r.. Article Twenty-Five.
To those colonies and territories which
as a 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 we'll being and development of such
peoples form a sacred trust of civiliZa-
, ton and that securities for the perform
ance of this trust should be embodied in
this covenant, 4
The best method of giving practicable
effect to this principle is that the tutelage
of such peoples be entrusted to advanced
? their experience or their geographical posi-
ton, can best undertake this responsibility
ana VINO toa are WILING to accept 1t; and that
as manufactures on behalf of the league.
The character of the mandate must diff
| fer according to the stage of the develop
ment of the people, the. geographical situa-
| ton of the territory, Its economic cOndi-
ton and the other Similar circumstances
Certain communities formerly belonging
| to the Turkish empire have reached a stage
Of development where their existence as
: recognized subject to the rendering of adj
ministrative advice and assistance by man.
r to stand alone. The wishes of these com
munities must be principal consideration
on the selection of the mandatory.
other peoples, especially those Of Cen
trail Africa, are at such n stage that the
mandatory must be responsible for the adj
ministration of the territory under condi.
lions which will guarantee freedom OF
l conscience or religion subject only to the
maintenance of public and morals, the pro
h1bitfon of abuses such the slave trade
the arms traffic and the liquor traffic and
the prevention of the establishment of for
of military training of the nations fol
g other than police purposes and the defense
E OF territory. and will also secure equa
of other members of the league.
There are territories: such as Southwes
. Africa, and certain of the South Pacifi
| Islands, which, owing to the sparSeneSs q
their population or their small size or thei
| remoteness from the centers of civilization
| or their geographical contiguity to the ter
ritory of the mandatory and other eircum
stances, can be best administered unde
the laws of the mandatory as integral por
tons of its territory subject to the safe
guards above mentioned in the Interest,"
of the indigenous population. In every cas-
| OF mandate. the mandatory shall rende
to the council annual report in refer
ence to the territory committed to it
| charge
The degree of authority, control, or ad
ministration to be exercised by the man
datory shall. if not previously agreed upo1
by the members of the league be explicitly
defined in each case by the council.
A permanent commission shall be con
stituted to receive and examine the annua
| reports of the manufactures and to advis
the council on all matters relating to til
observance of the mandates.