El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

terests and their development before
u. they look TO the interests and desires
Of the mandatory nation itself.
Practical, Human Document.
$50 I think I can say OF this docu-
ment that 10 is at one and the same
time a practical document and a hui
man DOCUMENT There is a pulse Of
sympathy in 10. There is a compul-
sion OF conscience throughout II. It
is practical. ana yet II Is intended 70
purify, 10 rectify. TO elevate. And
want to say that so far as my obser-
walton instructs me, this is in one
sense a >belated document. I believe
that the conscience Of the world has
long been prepared TO express itself
in some such way.
Many terrible things have come
out Of the war, gentlemen, but some
OF it. Wrong has been defeated. but
the rest Of the world has been more
conscious than IL ever was before or
a majority Of right People that were
suspicious OF one another can now
live as friends and comra des In a sin
gle family and desire to do So The
miasma Of distruet, Of intrigue is
cleared away. Men are looking eye
TO eve and saying we are brothers
and have a common purpose. We did
not realize il before, but now we do
realize it and this IS our covenant OF
friendship"
IN Fridays edition The Herald
printed the first Il articles Of the
league OF nations covenant, as SUD-
mitted by president Wilson. The re-
naming articles follow:
Article XVIII;
The high contracting parties agree
that the league shall be entrusted
with general supervision OF the trade
I.
country IN which control OF this traf-
fic is necessary in the common inter
est
Article XIX:
To those colonies and territories,
which. as a consequence Of the late
war, have ceased to be under the SOW
ereignty Of the states which formerly
owned them and which are Inhabited
by peoples not yet able 10 stand by
themselves under the strenuous con-
dstions Of the more modern world.
there has been applied the principle
that the well being and development
of such peoples form a sacred trust OF
civilization and that securities for the
permanence OF this trust should be
embodied in the execution OF the
league.
TuteInEe Of Backward Nations.
The best method OF giving prac-
the tutelage Of such peoples should be
entrusted 10 advanced nations who, by
reason OF their resources, by their eX-
perience and geographical position can
best undertake the responsibility and
that this tutelage should be accepted
by them as the mandatory on behalf Of
the league.
The character Of the mandate must
differ according to the state Of the de-
velopment OF the people. the geo
graphical situation OF the territory,
circumstances.
Certain communities formerly be-
longing TO the Turkish empire have
reached as a stage OF development
that their existence as Independent
nations can be Professionally recog-
nized, subject to the rendering Of ad-
vice toward development and assist
auce by 8 mandatory power until such
time as they are able 20 stand alone
The wishes Of these communities must
be a principal condition in the selec-
lion Of the mandatory power
Mandatory Responsible.
"Other peoples. especially those Of
Central Africa, are at such a stage
that the mandatory must be response
bic for the administration OF the ter
ritory. subject TO conditions which
VIII guarantee freedom Of conscience
Dr. religion, subject only to the main
-enance. Of public order and morals.
the prohibition OF abuses such as
the slave trade. the arms traffic and
the liquor traffic. and the prevention
of the establishment OF Qualifications
or military or naval bases and OF mil
Itary training OF the natives for other
than police purposes and the defence