The sun., 1919-08-12
SHANTUNG PROTEST
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or to have begun hostilities or to have
taken any hostile step short of war; In
regard to any dispute which has been
decided adversely to It by arbitrators,
the contracting Powers hereby engage not
only to cease all commerce and inter-
course with that Power but also to unite
In blocking and closing the frontiers of
that Power to commerce or intercourse
with any part of the world and 20 use
any force which may be agreed upon to
accomplish that object"
= Article VIII. reads as follows: ANY
war or threat Of war. whether imme-
oiately anecting any of the contracting
POWERS or not. Is hereby declared a mat
ter Of concern Of the league and to all
the contracting Powers, and the con-
tracing Powers hereby reserve the right
TO take any action that may be deemed
wise and effectual to safeguard the
peace OF nations.
Power OF Intervention.
TT Is hereby also declared and agreed
70 be the friendly right of each Of the
contracting Powers to draw the atten-
ton OF the body of the delegates or the
executive council to any circumstance
anywhere which threatens to disturb
international peace or the good under
standing between nations upon which
peace depends.
The body Of delegates and the
executive council shall meet In the
interest OF peace whenever war is ru-
mored or threatened and also whenever
the report of any Power shall inform
the body of delegates that a meeting
and conference in the interest of peace
Is advisable
The body of delegates also may meet
at such other time and upon such other
occasions as they shall from time to
time deem best and determine"
Article TX; X, XXI. and XII. all re-
late to the methods to be followed In
dealing with nations not members of
the league.
Article XIII. binds the contracting
Powers to abrogate all treaty obliga-
tions inconsistent with the terms of
into any engagements inconsistent there
with thereafter. 1t also states II be the
duty Of Powers to take immediate steps
to procure their release from obligations
Inconsistent with the covenant, but
made prior to the signing of the coven-
ant.
Under the head of supplementary
agreements there are ten additional
articles. The first three of these pro-
VIDE Tor mandatories Tor the German
colonies. and ito those territories for
merly belonging to Turkey which include
Armenia, Kurdestan. Syria, Mesopo-
tamia, Palestine and Arabia.
In the supplementary agreements,
article ". provides that no new State
shall be recognized by the league or ad-
mitted to its membership except that its
armament conform to standards pre-
scribed by the league.
Article V. pledges the contracting
Powers to work TO establish and main
tain fair hours and humane conditions
Of labor.
Article vi. empowers the executive
council to exact guarantees for all racial
and national minorities from States
seeking admission to the league
Article VII, pledges the contracting
Powers to permit the free exercise OF
religion.
An effort to get the freedom of the
reas doctrine embodied in the covenant
was made In article VIII, which pro-
vides when the rights of belligerents on
the high seas outside territorial waters
shall have been defined by international
convention. 1t Is hereby agreed and
declared as a fundamental covenant