Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-28

| council, the appointment OF COM
mittees to investigate particular
matters shall be regulated by thu
assembly or by the council ant
may be decided by a majority Of the
members of the league represented
at the meeting.
The first meeting of the assembly
and the first meeting at the coun'
ell shall be summoned by the presi
dent Of the United States of Ameri
ca.
(The first paragraph requiring
unanimous agreement in both as.
sembly and council except where
otherwise provided is new. The
other two paragraphs original,
were included in Article ~.
Article Six.
The permanent secretariat shall
be established at the seat of the
league. The secretariat shall COM
prise a secretariat general and such
secretaries and staff as may be re-
quired.
The first secretary-general shall
be the person named in the annex;
thereafter the secretary-general
shall be appointed by the council
with the approval of the majority
of the assembly.
The secretaries and the staff OF
the secretariat shall be appointed by
the secret.-y-general with the ap-
naval NJ the council.
The secretary-general shall act in
that capacity at all meetings of the
assembly and of the council.
The expenses Of the secretariat
shall be borne by the members OF
the league in accordance with the
apportionment Of the expenses Of
the international bureau of the uni
versal postal union.
(This replaces the original article 5.
In the original the appointment OF
the first secretary-seneral was left
to the council, and approval of the
majority of the assembly was not
required for subsequent appoint
Article Seven.
The seat of the league is estab-
lished at Geneva.
The council may at any time de-
eide that the seat of the league shall
be established elsewhere.
All positions under, or in connec-
ton with the league. including the
secretariat. shall be open equally to
men and women.
Representatives of the members of
the league and officials Of the league
when engaged on the business of the
league shalt enjoy diplomatic privi-
leges and immunities.
The buildings and other property
occupied by the league or its Off
Gals or by representatives attending
its meetings shall be inviolable.
(Embodying parts Of the old arti-
cles 5 and s, this article names &C.
neva instead of leaving the seat of
the league to be chosen later and
adds the provision for changing the
seat in the future. The paragraph
opening positions to women equally
with men is new.)
Article Eight
The members of the league rec
ognize that the maintenance of a
peace requires the. REDUCTION of ma
tiona1 ornaments to--sthe-.~ lowest
point consistent with national safe
ty, and the enforcement by COM
mon ,rk;4~, sc ,otaro <soo,l nt1:c,
tons.
The council, taking account of the
geographical situation and circum-
stances of each state, shall formu-
late plans for such reduction for
the consideration and action of the
several governments.
Such plans shall be subject to
reconsideration and revision at least
every 10 years.
After these plans shall have been
adopted by the several governments
limits of ornaments therein fixed
shall not be exceeded without the
concurrence of the council
The members of the league agree
that the manufacture by private en-
terprise of munitions and imple-
ments of war are open to grave OBJ
jections. The council shall advise
how the evil effects attendant upon
such manufacture can be prevented,
due regard being had for the re-
cessities of those members of the
league which are not able to manu-
facture the munitions and inple-
ments of war necessary for their
safety.
The members Of the league I'M
dertake to interchange full and frank
information as to the scale of their
ornaments, their military and naval
programs and the condition of such
of their industries as are adapta-
bic to warlike purposes.
(This covers the ground of the
original Article 8, but is rewritten
to make it clearer that armament
reduction plans must be adopted by
the nations affected before they be-
come effective.)
Article Nine.
A permanent commission shall be
constituted to advise the council on
the execution of the provisions of
Articles l and 8 and on military and
naval questions generally.
unchanged, except for the inser-
ton of the words article 1.")
Article Ten.
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 ag-
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 full