The citizen., 1919-05-01
REVISED COVENANT OF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Thirty.Two States are 10 Com.
pose World League
of Nations
Draft Ready for Envoys-monroe Doc
trine Is safeouarded In Documents
to Be suDmittsd-Modiheatio In
eIude Clause Requiring Two Years
Of Withdrawal OF State.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-In the revised cove
nant Of the League OF Nations, which
is to be presented to the peace confer
ence in Paris at plenary session, and
which was released by the State De
partment for publication, the four
chief objections urged against the
covenant by American opponents 10
the league are met.
/. The validity OF the Monroe doc
trine Is specifically recognized.
2 II is provided that a member OF
the league, after two years notice OF
intention, may withdraw from the
league, provided that all Of Its inter
national obligations, and all of its Oh
legations under the covenant, shall
have been fulfilled at the time Of its
withdrawal.
3. To meet the criticism that there
would be inequality of voting power.
Great Britain with her dominions hav-
ing eight votes TO one for the United
States, 1t is provided in the new cove
nant that decisions at any meeting OF
the assembly or the council shall re-
bers Of the league represented at the
meeting"
4. No member of the league can be
made a mandatory for the government
and administration of any colony and
territory unless IL be willing 10 accept
such trust. This put II squarely up to
Congress as TO whether or not the
United States shall undertake the
trust Of governing any foreign people.
To the new covenant there is So
called "annex" which names the orig
inal members of the League of Ma
tions, and names also the states that
have been invited TO accede to the
covenant. The original members OF
the League as named in the covenant
are:
The United States Of America. Bel
gium, Bolivia, Brazil, British Empire,
Canada, Australia. South Africa, New
Sonth Wales, India. China, Cuba.
Czecho- Slovakia, Ecuador, France,
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjas,
Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Me
aragua, Panama. Peru. Poland. Portu-
gal, Roumania, Serbia, Siam and Uru-
quay.
The states invited to become mem
bers of the League are:
Argentine Republic. Chile, Colombia,
Denmark. Netherlands Norway, Para
quay, Persia, Salvador, Spain. Sweden.
Switzerland and Venezuela Ii will be
noted that Mexico is not here named
as member of the League or among
the nations which have been invited to
join. The omission Of Mexico from
the covenant created a great deal OF
interest and speculation In Washing
ton. II was thought TO explain Mr..
Carranza's recent Outburst against the
Monroe doctrine and his declaration
that Mexico never had recognized II or
ever would. Mr.. Carranza evidently
had advance information of the iRten-
tion of the Allies and the Omitted
States to omit Mexico from the cove
nant, and his withdrawal of his Mex
lean minister from Paris was probably
his protest against the conference de-
cision. With Mexico outside OF the
League and with the League giving
specific recognition TO the Monroe doe
trine, II is said there viii be nothing
In the way of the United States taking
such action as II may see al upon any
grants by Mexico OF territory 10 eiti-
zens Of a foreign nation In infringe
ment Of the Monroe doctrine.