Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-15
Covenant Establishing League of Nations
Presented to Paris Peace Conference

the dispute to the body of the del
egates. The dispute shall be SO
referred at the request of either
party to the dispute, provid d that
such request must be made with.
in II days after the submissi~l Of
the dispute. In a case referred
to the body of delegates all the
provisions of this article and OF
Article xii relating to the action
and powers of the exc 1utive coun-
Gil shall apply to the action and
powers of the body OF delegates.
"Article XVI.-Should any OF
the high contracting parties break
or disregard its covenants under
Article XII, it shall thereby ipso
facto be deemed to have commit
ted an act of war against all the
other members of the league,
which hereby undertakes imme-
diately to subject it to the sever
ance of all trade or financial rela-
tons, the prohibition of all inter-
course between their nationals and
the nationals of the covenant
breaking state, and the prevention
of all financial, commercial, or
personal intercourse between the
nationals of the communicating
state and the nationals OF any 9TH
er state, whether a member of the
league or not.
1T shall be the duty of the exec
cutive council in such case to re-
commend what effective military
or naval force the members of the
league shall severally contribute
to the armed forces to be used to
protect the covenants of the
league.
Pledge Mutual Support.
"The high contracting parties
agree, further, that they will mutu-
ally support one another in the f.
nancial and economic measures
which may be taken under this ar
ticle, in order to minimize the loss
and Inconvenience resulting from
the above measures, and that they
will mutually support one another
in resisting all special measures
aimed at one of their number by
the communicating state, and
that they will afford passage over
territory to the forces to any of
the high contracting parties who
are cooperating to protect the
covenants of the league. .
article XVII-In the event of
disputes between one state men,
Der of the league and another
state, which is not member of
the league, or between states not
members Of the league, the high
contracting parties agree that the
state or states not members of the
league shall be invited to accept
the obligations of membership in
the league for the purposes of
such dispute, upon such conditions
as the executive council may deem
just and upon acceptance of any
such invitation, the above provi-
sion shall be applied with such
notifications as may be deemed
necessary by the league.
Council Must Investigate.
upon such invitation being
given the executive council shall
Immediately institute an inquiry
into the circumstances and merits
of the dispute and recommend such
action as may seem best and most
effectual in the circumstances.
an the event of a power so in
vited refusing to accept the obi
cations of membership in the
league for the purpose of the
league in which the case of a state
member of the league would con-
stitute breach Of article XII, the
provisions of article XVI 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 purpose of such
dispute, the executive council may
take such action and make such
recommendations as will prevent
hostilities and will result in the
settlement of the dispute.
article xVIIT-Tne high con-
tracing parties agree that the
league shall be entrusted with
general supervision of the trade in
arms and ammunition with the
countries in which the control of
this traffic is necessary in the
common interest.
Article on Colonies.
"Article XIX-To those colonies
and territories which as a conse-
quence 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 prin-
ciple that the well-being and de-
velopment of such peoples form
sacred trust of civilization and
that securities for the perform
ance of this trust should be en-
bodied in the constitution of the
league.
"The best method of giving
practical effect to this principle is
that the tutelage of such peoples
should be entrusted to advanced
nations who by reason of their
resources, their experience or
their geographical position, can
best undertake this responsibility,
and that this tutelage should be