Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-02
ments of war necessary for their

! The members Of the League runQer-
/ take to interchange full and franz
! information as to the scale Of thes'
armaments, their military and nav.
al pragrams and the condition OF
such Of their industries as are
| adaptable to war-like purposes.
(This covers the ground OF the
original Article 8, but is rewritten to
make it clearer that armament re-
duction plans must he adopted by
the nations affected before they be-
come effectively
Article TX
A permanent commission shall De
constituted to advise the Council on
the execution Of the provisions OF
| Articles I and VIII, and on military
and naval questions generally.
;; unchanged except for the fnser-
ton of the words Article ID
Article X
! The members Of the League under
take to respect and preserve as
! against external aggression the ter
ritorial integrity and existing polit-
ical independence Of all members OF
the League. In case Of any such az
erosion or In case Of any threat or
danger Of such aggression. the Coun-
Gil shall advise upon the means by
which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
! VIRTUALLY unchangedD
/. Article xi
| Any war or threat of war whether
! Immediately affecting any of the
members of the League or not, is
! hereby declared a matter Of concern
to the whole League, and the League
! shall take any action that may be
! deemed wise and effectual to safe
guard the peace Of nations. In case
| any such emergency should arise. the
+. secretary general shall. on the re-
quest of any member of the League
| forthwith summon a meeting of the
Council.
| 1t is also declared to be the funda-
mental right Of each member of the
League to bring to the attention OF
| the Assembly or of the Council any
circumstance whatever affecting in
ternational relations which threatens
/ to disturb either the peace or the
good understanding between nations
/ upon which peace depends.
| TN the original it was provided that
| the high contracting parties reserve
| the right to take any action" etc,
where the revised draft reads "the
/ League shall take any action'D.
Article XII
| The members of the League agree
F.; that if there should arise between
them any dispute likely to lead to a
rupture. they will submit the mat
| ter either to arbitration or to inquiry
! by the Council. and they agree in no
case to resort to war until three
! months after the award by the arbi-
traitors or the report by the Council.
! In any case under this article the
award Of the arbitrator shall be
made within reasonable time. and
the report of the Council shall be
made within six months after the
submission of the dispute.
! Virtually unchanged. except that
some provisions of the original arti-
Gle are eliminated for inclusion in
other articles.D
Article XIII
whenever any dispute shall arise be-
| tween them which they recognize to
! be suita BILE for submission to arbi-
| tration and which cannot be satisfac-
! torily settled by diplomacy. they will
submit the whole subject matter to
arbitration. Disputes as to the in
! depreciation Of treaty. as to any
A., question of international law. as to
the existence Of any fact which if es-
, tablished would constitute a breach
! of any international obligation. or as
to the extent and nature Of the repa-
ration to be made for any such breach,
are declared to be among those which
/ are generally suitable for submission
to arbitration. For the consideration
of any such dispute the court of ar
| bitration to which the case is referred
| shall be the court agreed on by the
: parties to the dispute or stipulated in
any convention existing between
!; them.
The members of the league agree
that they will carry out in full good
! faith any award that may be rem
| dered and that they will not resort to
war against a member Of the league
which complies Herewith. In the
event Of any failure to carry out such
an award the Council shall propose
what steps should be taken to give
! effect thereto. = :
(Only minor. changes in language
! Article XIV
! The Council shall formulate and
submit to the members Of the league
! for adoption plans for the establish
ment Of permanent Court Of Inter-
national Justice. The court shall be
competent to hear and determine any
dispute Of an international character
which the parties thereto submit to
it. The court may also give an advi-
sorry opinion upon any dispute or
! question referred to it by the Council
or by the Assembly.
Unchanged except for the addition
!: of the last sentence.)
| Article XIV
| II there should arise between mem
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