The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-05-02
LEAGUE OF nations
MAKES CHANGES
THIRTY.TWo STATES ARE TO De
THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS
OTHERS ARE INVITED.
MONROE DOCTRINE INCLUDED
Provides for Withdrawal OF Any Men,
Der Nation Upon Two Years No.
tiee-Exeept In Specified Cases
Agreements Unanimous,

Der Nation Upon TWO Years NO
tice-Exeept In Specified Cases
Agreements Unanimous.
Washington, d. C.-The revised COW
enant of the league Of nations. was
presented at Paris Monday to the
peace conference in plenary session
Names Original Members.
Attached to the text, however, is
the hitherto unpublished annex" re-
ferred to in the covenant, in which
are named the 80 states, including
the self-governing British dominions,
| which are to be the original members
OF the league of nations, and IL states
to be invited to accede to the coven-
ant The original members are all the
nations which declared war on Ger
many and in addition the new states
of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. Those
invited to become members by ac-
| ceding to the covenant are the three
Scandinavian countries, The Neither
lands, Switzerland. Spain and Persia
and the American republics of Ar
gentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay.
Salvador and Venezuela. Mexico does
not appear in the list. Provision is
made in the covenant, however, for
the admission to the league of any
fully self-governing country which will
give required guarantees, upon two
~ g.. 80 In ocC0p1h1Ny
AS in the original document, the
covenant provides that the league
shall act through an assembly, in
which each state shall have one vote
and not more than three delegates,
and a council comprising for the pres
| ent one representative Of each OF the
five great powers and each OF four
other powers to be selected from time
to time by the assembly. Members
of each class represented on the coun
Gil may be increased by unanimous
consent of the council and majority
of the assembly.
Protects Monroe Doctrine.
The text provides that nothing in
the covenant shall be deemed Ito at
feet the validity of international en-
; gagements such as treaties OF arbi
: tration or regional understandings like
the Monroe doctrine for securing the
:. maintenance of peace" This was thu
:. amendment for which President Will
son made a successful fight at thu
same time the Japanese delegation tt
|, the peace conference sought vainl!
to have race equality provision In
serted in the covenant.
Members May hiWtdraw.
) Changes suggested in criticisms il
: the United States senate add tn
! privilege of withdrawal Of a membe
: nation upon two years notice afte
;. fulfilment of the league obligations
; exempt domestic questions from tn
leagues jurisdiction, provide tina
! manufactures over German colonies o
! former Ottoman dominions shall b.
: given only to nations willing to &C
: cept them, leave it to member state
. to decide what armed force, II any
Q it will contribute to the force re
= quired by the league to enforce 1t
8 mandates, and make it clear tina
n member states individually will pas
upon proposed limitations upon thei
9 ornaments.
& With notifications, the new draf
8 includes all the provisions for tn
8 submission to the council Of interns
!. tional disputes, for inviting nonmen
= Der nations to accept the obligation
4 OF members for the purpose of az
|. tusting disputes and for breaking ec'
: nomic relations or the use of arme
e force in dealing with a state whic
n has broken the covenant.
/ Except in certain sp Gifted instance
!, y unanimous agreement is required fc
all decisions.
4. England Don't Kick.
l. London.-"We hope it will work
e "A Triumph for Wilson"
10 These phrases sum up the majo
- ity opinion of the London mornin
= papers concerning the ervised dra
a. of the league of nations. There
N no absolute hostility expresse
of against the principle Of the cove
e. ant by even the conservative Nor
Ia ing Post.
lg SAMUEL GoMPERS is
- SERIOUSLY HuR
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