Cleveland County herald., 1919-02-20

parties break dlsregaru US 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 it to the severance of all trade or finan- 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 or personal inter- course between the nationals of the coVenant-breaking state and the na- tionals of any other state, whether a member of the league or not.
 It 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 sev- erally 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 III lIlS lSdS uS lOl IilS pdI POSOS OL SuSii dispute. upon such conditions as the executive council may deem just and 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 a 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 Of Article XVI shall be applicable as against the state taking such action.
 ARTICLE xviii.
 The high contracting parties agree that the league shall be entrusted with general supervision of the trade in arms and am- intuition 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 wellbeing and development of such peoples form a 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 ef- 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 should be exercised by them as manda- tory on behalf of the league.
 CarTaJr riU baI oir 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- sistance by mandatory power until such time as they are able to stand alone The wishes of these communities must be a principal consideration in the selection of the mandatory power
 There are territories, such as southwest Africa and certain of the south Pacific isles, which, owing to the sparseness of their population, or their small size or their remoteness from the centers of or their geographical continu- ity to the mandatory state, and other cir 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.
 In every case of mandate, the manda- tory state shall render to the league an annual report in reference to the territory committed to it's charge.
 ARTICLE xxx.
 The high contracting parties will endeavor to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labor for men, women and children, both in their 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 organiza- tion of the league a permanent bureau of labor.
 ARTICLE XXI
 The high contracting parties agree that provision shall be made through the tnstrumentality 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 regions devastated during the war of 1e14-191S.
 ARTICLE XXI.
 The high contracting parties agree to place under the control of the league of international bureaus general trea- ties If the parties to such treaties con sent. Furthermore they agree that all such international bureaus to be con- stituted in future shall be placed under control of the league
 ARTICLE XxIH.
 The high contracting parties agree that every treaty or international engagement entered into hereafter by any state mem ber o9 the league shall be forthwith regis tered with the secre ny general, and as soon as possible puDIshed by him, and that no such treaty or international en- gage1aent shall be binding until regis tered
 ARTICLE XXIV.
 It shall be the right of the body of delegates from time to time to advise the reconsideration by states members of the league of treaties which have become in applicable and Of international conditions of which the continuance may endanger the peace of the world.
 ARTICLE XIV.
 The high contracting parties severany agree that the present covenant is ac cepted as abrogating all obligations inter se which are inconsistent with the terms thereof, and solemnly engage that they will not hereafter enter into any engage ments inconsistent with the terms thereof. In case any of the powers signatory here to or subsequently admitted to the league shall, before coming a party to this cove pant have undertaken any obligations