Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-05-01


council may deem just. II such invi-
tation is accepted, the provisions OF
articles 10 to 16 inclusive shall be ap-
Piled with such notifications as may
be deemed necessary by the council.
Upon such invitation being given,
the council shall Immediately institute
an inquiry into the circumstances OF
the dispute and recommend such ac-
ton as may seem best and most ef-
fectual in the circumstances.
II state so invited shall refuse to
accept the obligations Of member
ship in the league for the pur-
pose of such dispute, and shall resort
to war against a member of the
league, the provisions of article 16
shall be applicable as against the
state taking such action.
II both parties to the dispute, when
so invited refuse to accept the obliga-
lions of membership in the league for
the purposes of such dispute, the
council may take such measures and
make such recommendations as will
prevent hostilities and will result in
The settlement OF the dispute.
VIRTUALLY unchanged.)
Article Eighteen.
Every convention or international
engagement entered into hencefor-
ward by any member Of the league
yhall be forthwith registered with the
secretariat and shall as soon as
against the state taking such &C.
such treaty or international engage
ment shall be binding until so regis
tered.
Same as original Article %.
Article Nineteen.
The assembly may from time to
time advise the reconsideration by
members Of the league of treaties
which have become inapplicable and
the consideration of International con-
ditions whose continuance might en-
danger the peace Of the world.
VIRTUALLY the same as original Ar
ticle 24.)
Article Twenty.
The members Of the league several
ly agree that this covenant is accept.
ed as abrogating all obligations or
understanding inter Sc which are in
consistent with the terms thereof, and
solemnly undertake that they will not
hereafter enter into any agreements
inconsistent with the terms thereof
In case members Of the league shall
before becoming members Of the
league have undertaken any obliga
tons inconsistent with the terms Of
the covenant, it shall be the duty Of
each member to take immediate steps
to procure it's release from such
obligations.
VIRTUALLY the same as original Ar
ticle 25.)
Article Twenty-one.
Nothing in this covenant shall b
deemed to affect the validity of inter
national engagements such as treat
les of arbitrations or regional under
standings like the Monroe doctrine
for securing the maintenance o
peace.
entirely new.)
| Article Twenty-Five.
To those colonies and territorie
which as a consequence Of the lat
war have ceased to be under the SOY
ereignty of the states which formerl
governed them and which are inhal
tied by peoples not yet able to STAN
by themselves under the strenuou
conditions of the modern world, Their
should be applied the principle tina
the wellbeing and we'll development
of such peoples formed sacred trus
of civilization and that securities TO
the performance of this trust shout
be embodied in this covenant.
The best method of giving pract
cable effect to this principle is tina
the tutelage Of such peoples be Ell
trusted to advanced nations who,
reasons Of their resources, their e,
perience or their geographical pos
ton, can best undertake responsible
ity, and which are willing to accept j
and that this tutelage should be e,
ercised by them as manufactures on b,
half of the league.
The character Of the mandate mus
differ according to the stage Of tn
development of the people, the ge
graphical situation of the territor,
it's economic condition and any othe
similar circumstances.
Certain communities formerly b
longing to the Turkish empire hav
reached stage of development whel
their existence as independent nation
can be Professionally recognized SUI
ject to the rendering Of administr
tive advice and assistance by ma
datory until such time as they al
able to stand alone. The wishes
these communities must be primo
pal consideration in the selection
the mandatory.
Other peoples, especially those
Central Africa, are at such a sta,
that the mandatory must be respons
BILE for the administration Of the te
ritory under conditions which w
guarantee freedom and conscience
religion subject only tn tlla a,aint