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Members resorting to war in dis
]. regard of the covenant will imme
diately be debarred from all inter
course with other members. TIL,
council viii in such cases consider
what military or naval action can b,
taken by the league collectively fol
the protection of the covenants ane
will afford facilities to members CO
operating in this enterprise.
| Validity of treaties: All treatie!
or international engagements con
cluded after the institution of tn.
league will be registered with thu
secretariat and published. The as
sembly may from time to time ad
wise members to reconsider trea tie!
which have become inapplicable Of
involve danger of peace.
4 The convenant abrogates all obi
| cations between members incon'
sistent with its terms, but nothing il
it shall affect the validity of inter.
national engagement such as treatie:
of arbitration or regional under.
standings like the Monroe Doctrine
for securing the maintenance Of
The Mandatory System.
The mandatory system: The tute-
lage of nations not yet able to stand
by themselves will be entrusted to
advanced nations who are best fitted
to undertake it. The covenant rec
ognizes three different stages of de-
velopment requiring different kinds
of manufactures. Communities like
those belonging to the Turkish en-
pire which can be Professionally rec
ognized as independent, subject to
advice and assistance from a man
datory in whose section they would
be allowed a voice. Communities
like those of central Africa, to be
administered by the mandatory un-
der conditions generally approved
by the members of the league where
equal opportunities for trade will be
allowed to all members; certain
abuses, such as trade in slaves, arms
and liquor, will be prohibited, and
the construction of military and nav
al bases and the introduction of
compulsory military training will be
disallowed.
Other communities, such as south
west Africa and the south Pacific
islands, but administered under the
laws of the mandatory as integral
portions of its territory. In every
case the mandatory will render an
annual report, and the degree of its
authority will be defined.
General International Provisions.
General international provisions
Subject to and in accordance with
the provisions of international con-
vention existing or hereafter to be
agreed upon, the members of the
league will in general endeavor
through the international organiza-
ton established by the labor conven-
ton to secure and maintain fair con-
ditions of labor for men, women
and children in their own countries
and other countries, and undertake
to secure just treatment of the ma
tive inhabitants of territories under
their control; they will entrust the
league with the general supervision
over the execution of agreements
for the suppression of traffic in
women and children, etc; and the
control of trade in arms and am
muntion with countries in which
control is necessary; they will make
provisions for freedom Of commu-
nications and transit and equitable
treatment for commerce of all men,
bers of the league, with special ref
erence to the necessities of regions
devastated during the war; and they
will endeavor to take steps for in
ternational prevention and control
of disease. International bureaus and
commissions already established
will be placed under the league, as
we'll as those to be established in
the future.
Boundaries of Germany.
Amendments to the covenant:
Amendments to the covenant will
take effect when ratified by the
council and by majority of the as
sembly.
Boundaries of Germany: Ger
many cedes to France Alsace-Lor-
raine, 5000 square miles, and to
Belgium two small districts between
Luxembourg and Holland, totalling
98o square miles. 1t also cedes to
Poland the southeastern tip of
Silesia, beyond and including OPP
.peln; most of Posen; and west
Prussia, 1856 square miles, east
Prussia being isolated from the
main body by part of Poland. 1t
loses sovereignty over the north
easternmost tip of east Prussia, 40
square miles north of the River
Memel, and the internationalized
areas about Danzig, 729 square
miles, and the basin of the Saar, 738
square miles, between the western
border of the Rhenish palatinate of
Bavaria and the southeast corner of
Luxembourg.
The Danzig area consists of the
V between the Nogat and Vistula
rivers made by the addition of a
similar V on the west, including the
city of Danzig. The southeastern
third of east Prussia and the area
between east Prussia and the Wis
tula north of latitude So degrees 3
minutes is to have its nationality de-
termined by popular vote, 5,785
square miles, as is to be the case in
part of Schleswig, 2,787 square
miles.
Abrograte Belgian Treaty.
Belgium: Germany is to consent
to the abrogation of the treaties of
1889 by which Belgium was estab-
lished as neutral state, and to
agree in advance to any convention
with which the allied and associated
powers may determine to replace
them. She is to recognize the full
sovereignty of Belgium over the
contested territory of Morenet and
over part of Prussian Moresnet, and
to renounce in favor of Belgium all
rights of the circles IF Euoen and