New Britain herald., 1919-04-28


 Unanimous Agreement. Article 5--EXccpt where otherwise expressly provided in this covenant, decisions at any meeting of the as sembly or Of the council shall require the agreement of all the mem bcrS Of the league represented at the meet ing.
 All matters of procedure at meet ings Of the assembly or the council, the appointment of committees to in vestigate particular matters shall be regulated by the assembly or by the council and may be decided by a ma jority of the members of the league ; represented at the meeting. The first meeting of the assembly and the first meeting at the council 1 shall be summoned by the president of the United States of America. (The first paragraph requiring unanimous agreement in both assem- bly, and council except where other wise provided is new. The other two article A.
 Article 6-The permanent secre- tariat shall be established at the seat of the league. The secretariat shall 1 comprise a secretariat-general and 1 such secretaries and staff as may be l
  required. 1 The first secretary gene eral shall be l the person named in the annex; there 1 ! after the secretary general shall be 1 1 appointed by the council with the ap 1 ! proval of the majority of the assem- ! bly.
 1 The secretaries and the staff of the 1 secretariat shall be appointed by the ! secretary general with the approval of l the council.
 ] The secretary general shall act in i that ca apacity at all meetings Of the ! assembly and of the council l The expenses of the secretarat shall 1 be borne by the members of the ; league in accordance with the appor- ! tionment of the expenses of the in ternational bureau of the universal 1 postal union. (This replaces the original article l ,. Tn the original the appointment j of the first SeCretary-generalw was left l 1 to the council, and approval of the l, ] majority of the assembly was not re- l 1 quired for subsequent appointments.) l ! Women Made Eligible
 Article 7-The seat of the league is |. established at Geneva
 The council may at any time de- eide that the seat of the league shall ! be esta blished elsewhere r. All positions under or in connection with the league, including the secre- tariat 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 shall enjoy diplomatic priyi- 1eges and inlmunities The builHinrS and 1 ] occupied by the league or it's officials ] 1 or by representatives attending it's ]: meetings shall be inviolate (Embodying parts of the old ar 1 t1cles 3 and 6, this article names 1 Geneva 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 i with men is new) Reduction of Armamcnts
 Article s. The members of the league recognize that the maiDte- nance of a peace requires the reduc-
 tion of national armaments to the
 lowest point consistent with national
 safety and the enforcement by com-
 mon action of international obliga 1 tions. !
 
 geographical situation and circum-
 stances of each state. shall formulate
 plans for such reduction for the con- " sideration and action of the several i governments.
 Such plans shall be subject to re-
 consideration and revision at least every ten years
 After these plans shall have been
 adopted by the several governments.
 limits of armaments therein fixed
 shall not be exceeded without the concurrence of the council. , The members of the leag11e agree l that the manufa cture by private en- terprise of munitions and implements Of war is open to grave objections. } The council shall advise how the evil , effects attcndaltN upon such manu- lecture can be prevented, due regard 1 being had to the necessities of those 7 members of the league which are not , able to manufacture the munitions } and implements of war necessary for a their safety.
 l . The members of the league under take to interchange full and frank in :, formation as to the scale of their ar
 maments, their military and naval
 programs and the condition of such of their industries as are adaptable ! to warlike purposes.
 , l eThis covers the ground of the r original article 8, but is rewritten to , make it clearer that armament reduc- , tion plans must be adopted by the 1 nations affected before they become effectiVe.)
 Article g. \ permanent commits -eion shall be constituted to advise the council on the execution of the provi-
 sons of, article 1 and 8 and on mili- | tary and naval questions generally