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gional understanding like the AonfSS
doctrine was used not because anyone
Of the conference thought there W.
any comparable agreement anywhese
else in existence or in contsmpieGoA
but only because it Was thought best y
avoid the appearance If dealing in sveA
. document with poiicy OF . single NJ
tion: ,, ,...,or.
Article XVI of the covenant expressly
prohibits that. If in case of any dispute
arising between mer bcrs of the league
the matter involved Is claimed py eSs
council to arise out of a matter which
by international Law Is solely withtn
the domestic jurisdiction of that party
the council shall so report and shall
make no recommendation as to its set
Elements.
the only government interested in tho
explicit adoption OF this provision. ana
there is no doubt in the mind OF any
authoritative student of international
law that such matters as immigrations
tariffs and naturalization are inSol-
tsstibly domestic QUESTIONS with when
no International body could deal.
THE right of any state 70 withoGv
had been taken for granted, but NO or
lection was made to making 1t expheIS
Indeed. SO soon as the views expresses
at the White House conferences wsre
laid before the commission IT was y
once conceded that it was best not %
leave the answer to so important
question to Inference no proposal Vas
made to set up any tribunal to pass
tudKm snt upon the question whether .
withdrawing nation has in fact fui-
filled all its International obligations
under ne eovsnant IT. was r ,eSt M "a
resolved by the conscience of the M.
ton proposing to withdraw. and l must
say that II did not seem to me worth
made more explicit because L knoy
that the United States would never 4.
i sst efGP0 IT, eonssienee Wa. f not en-:
tirsly clear as to the fulfillment OF al
its interna tional obligations. It has
never failed to fulfill them and never
Article X IL in no respect Of doubt.
full meaning when read in the light 81
the mean: BY which the obiigations Of
t.' 5ni... the United lite States is party
to the policy of action in question. her
own affirmative vote in the council Is
on for a unanimous vote OF the council
10 required. II she is a party. the
trouble is here anyhow. and the unani-
free to reject 4 II Il pieases. Nothing
could hsvs been made L. m Orr, ei ss to
Congress under our constitution to eI:
matter: Of and war Ne aato tnpt
right. The United states viii. indeed,
undertake under Article x to respect
srsssion the tsrritoriai integrity and
existing political independents of all
members Of the leaGue.' And that en-,
:oiemd moral OBLIGATION, But it is :
nors not leg: free and
all cases tAat call for action.
Article < seems to m. to constitute
nant: ~ithout It til. league Would be
ias e :sssi:ss .. e s.: .:?:.si Hines af ss:n
yste conference that int.rpretstien: Of
the sense in which the United States
accepts the engagements of the cove
msnt Of rstifio.tion. There -. 5. no
ss;,.n. SSy:ss,9in e show
q the formal rail ,s.tion it:.ii. ssi
Y such Interpretations should sensti.
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the many govsrnment4 ssnesrnsl
rsla q tss 4. IL.
complete. The assent Of the 0oFD4A
assembly at Wsimar would have y =
obtained. among the rest and I ny1e
frankly say that could only WITH the
ssmbly for psrmission 70 read TIE
treaty As we yndsretsAd Y an4 ~ tApes
who framed It quite s:rtainiy usdsf-
qualify the, document e N n eAS wsv,
Moreover. am confident froH what I
know Of this many contSrsncss and -.
bates which accompanied the formulS
ton OF the treaty that our example
would Immediately be followed IN many
quarters. in some instanoes with veSy
serious reservations, and that the
meaning and operative force Of the
treaty would presently ~ cloudeA frSn
ono end Of its clauses to the othNS