Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-07
Fair and Liberal Conditions for
Labor Provided and Principle
of Woman'S Suffrage Rec
ognized.
POLITICAL LIBERTY
OF ALL GUARANTEED
Friendly Right of Any Member
to Draw Attention to Body
of Delegates of Threatening
HoStilitieS.
BY Herbert Bayard Swopc.
(Staff Correspondent of N. Y. World
and Albuquerque JournaL)
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Pub
fishing Co
(The New York World J
Especial Gable Despatch)


Especial Cable Despatch)
Paris, April 6.-In the changes
which have been made in the revised
draft of the covenant of the league
of nations new matter is inserted in
the last sentence of Article XIII,
which now reads: THE members of
the league agree that they will carry
out in full good faith any award that
may be rendered, and that they VIII
not resort to war against a mem her
of the league which complies here
with.
Article XIV is changed to read.
"The council shall formulate plans
for the establishment of a permanent
court of international justice. The
court shall be competent to hear and
determine any dispute of an interna-
tional character which the parties
thereto submit to it. and also to ad,
wise upon any legal questions refer
red to it by the council or by the body
of Delegates
In Article XIV. the verb refer" in
the first sentence is altered to sub
nit" which makes the action more
of mandate and less a matter of vo-
lition From there on the succeeding
"The counc1 shall endeavor to effect
settlement of the dispute, and when
such efforts are successful. a state
ment shall he made public giving
such facts and explanations regarding
the dispute and the terms of the set
tlement thereof as the council may
deem appropriate
Facts Shall Re Given World.
IF the dispute is not thus settled,
the council bv majority vote Ghis Ia
a new and important clause) shall
make and publish report contain
ing a statement of the facts of the
dispute and the recommendations
which are deemed just and proper
with regard thereto
"Any state represented on the coun-
Gil may make pubic a statement of
the facts of the dispute and of its
conclusion regarding the same.
'If a report by the council is unan-
imouslv agreed to bv the members
thereof other than the representa-
tives of one or more of tho parties to
the dispute (some lost in transmits
sion) which complies with the recon-
merdations Of the report.
(The wording of the original draft
read: "If the report is unanimously
agreed to by the members of the
council other than the parties to the
dispute, the high c0ntrac acting parties
agree that they will not 60 to war
with any party which complies with
the recommendations
eff the DISPUTE between the parties
is claimed by one of them and rs
found by the council to arise out of
n matter which by interna tional law
IS solely within the domestic iuris1c-
ton of that party the council shall
50 report and shall make No recon-
mendations as to its settlement"
The last paragraph Of old Article
XIV, remains unchanged except for
the addition of the following: "Pro-
vided that a report made to tho body
of delegates when concurred in by the
representatives of those states repre-
santed on the council and of q ma
ioritv of the other states members OF
the league. exclusive in each case of
the representatives of the parties 10
the dispute. shall have the same force
rs a unanimous report by the ooun-
ell"
Article XVI Remains Untouched
article XVI, which carries great
weight remains untouched save FOR
the first sentence and the last The
new sentence begins "Shouid any
member of the league resort to war in
disre~ard of it's covenant under Ar
ticle MI. XIII or XIV it shall.r etc.
Tho next important change lies in
the Introduction of the words "They