Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-20


body Of ds,ngates. The dispute shall be
referred at the request or either party 10
the dispate. provided that such request
must be made within fourteen days after
the submission Of the dispute. In any
case referred to the body of delegates sll
The provisions OF this article and of Arti-
Gle Twelve relating to the action and
powers of the executive council shall
apply to the action and powers of the
body of delegates
Article XVI.
Should any of the high contracting
parties break or disregard its cove
nants under Article XII 1t shall thereby
ipso facto be deemed to have commit
ted an act of war against all the other
members of the league. which hereby
undertakes Immediately to subject 1t
to the severance OF all trade or flnan-
cial relations. the prohibition Of all
intercourse between their nationals and
the nationals of the covenant-breaking
state. and the prevention Of all finan-
cial, commercial OF personal inter-
course between the nationals OF the
covenant breaking state and the ma
tionals of any other state. whether Q
member of the league or not.
1t shall be the duty of the executive
council in such case to recommend
what effective military or naval force
the members of the league shall sew
orally contribute to the armed forces
to be used to protect the covenants Of
the league.
Article XVII.
In the event of disputes between one
state member of the league and an
other state which is not member OF
the league the high contracting parties
agree that the state or states not mem
bers of the league shall be invited TO
accept the obligations of membership
in the league for the purposes of such
dispute, upon such conditions az the
executive council may deem just ana
upon acceptance of any such invitation
the above provisions shall be applied
with such notifications as may be
deemed necessary by the league.
In the event of power so invited re-
fusing to accept the obligations OF mem
bership in the league for the purposes OF
the league which in the case Of state
member Of the league would constitute .
breach of Article XII, the provisions 81
Article XVI shall be applicable as aga,nst
the state taking such action.
II both parties to the dispute when 20
invited refuse to accept the obligations OF
membership in the league for the purpose
Of such dispute, the executive council may
take SuCn aCtlOH AHu tlldhS SuSh HSSNAst
mendations as will prevent hostilitiea ana
will result in the settlement Of the dis.
pute.
Article XVIII
The high contracting parties agree that
the league shall be entrusted with general
supervision of the trade In arms and am
munition with the countries In which the
control Of this traffic Is necessary In the
common interest.
Article XIX
To those colonies and territories which
as a consequence of the late war have
ceased to be under the sovereignty OF the
states which formerly governed them and
which are inhabited by peoples not yet
able to stand by themselves under the
strenuous conditions Of the modern world,
there should be applied the principle that
the wel!being and development Of such
peoples form sacred trust of civilization
and that securities for the performance
of this trust should be embodied In the
constitution of the league.
The best method OF giving practical Of
feet to this principle Is that the tutelage
of such peoples should be entrusted TO
advanced nations who by reason Of their
| resources, their experience or their
| geographical position, can best undertake
| this responsibility, and that this tutelage
l DC eAeTClS0u cy IkGIu as u0nUH-
| tory on behalf Of the league.
| Certain communities formerly belonging
| to the Turkish empire have reached a
stage of development which their exist
| ence as independent nations can be pro-
visionally recognized subject to the rem
| dering of administrative advice and as
| distance by mandatory power until such
| time as they are able to stand alone. The
| wishes Of these communities must he
nrt m. in fha sol ntf Aet a
| the mandatory power.
There are territories such az southwest
| Africa and certain OF The south I-lsihc
| isles, which, owing to the sparseness OF
| thor population. or their small size, or
| their remoteness from the centers Of
| civilization, or their geographical continu-
| ity to the mandatory state, and other cir
| cumstances, can be best administered un-
| der the laws of the mandatory state as
integral portions thereof. subject to the
| safeguards above mentioned, In the inter-
| ests Of the indigenous population,
Article Xxx. I
The high contracting parties will
| endeavor to secure and maintain fair
and humane conditions Of labor for
| men, women and children, both in thnir
| own countries and in all countries to
| which their commercial and Industrial
| relations extend, and to that end agree
| to establish as part of the organize-
| ton of the league permanent bureau
| Of labor. 58
Article XXI.
The high contracting parties agree
| that provision shall be made through
the instrumentality of the league TO
| secure and maintain freedom of transit
and equitable treatment for the com-
| merce Of all states members OF the
/ league, having in mind among other
things, special arrangements with re-.
gard to the necessities of the region
devastated during the war Of ls14-lelS
Article XXI.
The high contracting parties agree
to place under the control of the leagu
OF international bureaus general trea
ties If the parties to such treaties con
sent. Furthermore, they agree that a: |
such international bureaus to be con
stituted in future shall be placed under
control of the league.
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