The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-04-18
OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF
THE REVISED COVENANT
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Monroe Doctrine Exempted
7 from League Control
The Five Great Powers, United States,
England, France, Italy and Japan,
Will Control the Council Until
Unanimous Consent Admits Others
to Share This Right.

Paris, April 12.-The official sum-
mary of the covenant of the league OF
nations as given out here tonight fol-
lows:
81. The league of nations is found
ed in order to promote international
cooperation and to secure peace.
"The league will include: (A) The
belligerent states named in a docu-
ment annexed to the covenant. (B)
All the neutral states so named, and,
(C) In the future, any self-governlng
country whose admission is approved
by two-thirds of the states already
members of the league. A state may
withdraw from the league, providing
it has kept its obligations on giving
two years notice.
"2. The league will act through an
assembly comprising not more than
three representative of each OF the
member states, each state, however,
having only one vote; and council
comprising, for the present, one rep
resentative of each of the five great
powers (America, Great Britain,
France, Japan and italy,, and each
of four other powers as selected from
time to time by the assembly. The
number of powers of each class rep
resented on the council may be in
creased by the unanimous consent OF
the council and majority OF the as
sembly. Other powers have the right
to sit as members of the council dur
ing the decision of matters in which
they are specially interested.
"In the council, as1in the assembly,
each state will have only one vote.
Both of these bodies are to meet at
stated intervals, the council at least
once a year and at other time II re-
CURED; both can deal with any mat
ter that is of international interest
or that threatens the peace OF the
world. The decisions of both must be
unanimous, except in certain specl-
fed cases, matters of procedure, for
instance, being decided by majority
vote.
"The league will have perman-
ent secretariat under secretary gen.
eral. The secretariat and all other
bodies under the league may include
women equally with men. A perman-
ent court of international justice and
various permanent commissions and
bureaus are also to be established.
3. The member states agree: (A)
To reduce their ornaments, plans for
such reduction being suggested by the
council, but only adopted with the
consent of the states themselves and
thereafter not to increase them with
out the concurrence of the council.
(B) To exchange full information Of
their existing armies and their naval
and military programs. co. They
respect each others territory and per
sonal independence and guarantee
the magainst foreign aggression. CD
To submit all International disputes
either to arbitration or to inquiry by
the council, which latter, however,
may not pronounce an opinion OF any
DISPUTE whose subject matter falls
solely within a states domestic Jurls-
diction; and in no case to go to war
until three months after an award or
a unanimous recommendation has
been made; and even then not to go
to war with a state which accepts the
award or recommendation. (E) 10
regard a state which has broken COW
enant D as having committed an act
of war against the league; to break
off all economic and other relations
with it, and to allow free passage
through its territories to the troops
of those states which are contributing
armed force on behalf of the league.
The council is to recommend what
amount of force, if any, should be
supplied by the several Governments
convened, but the approval OF the
latter is necessary.
Estates not members of the league
will be invited to accept the obhga-
+ions of the league for the purposes
of particular disputes, and If they
fail to comply may be forced: (F)
Not to consider any treaty binding
until it has been communicated to the
league, which will then proceed to
publish it; to admit the right OF the
assembly to advise the reconsidera-
ton of treaties and international con-
ditions which do not accord with the
present needs, and to be bound by no
obligations inconsistent with the Gov
enant. A state which breaks It's
agreements may be expelled from the
league by the council.
~. The covenant does not affect
the validity of international engage
ments. such as treaties of arbitration
or regional understandings, like the
Monroe Doctrine, for securing the
maintenance of peace.
"5. The former German colonies
and territories of the Ottoman en-
nire are to be administered in the
interests of civilization by States