Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-22
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it's obligations under the said cove
nant have been fulfilled.
ARTICLE 10.
.. The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence Of
any other country or to interfere
in controversies between nations.
whether members Of the league or
not, under the provisions of article
10, or to employ the military or naval
article of the treaty for any purpose.
| unless in any particular case the
Congress, which. under the Constitu-
ton. has the sole power to declare
the military and naval forces Of the
United States, shall. by act or joint
| resolution, SO declare.
DOMESTIC QUESTIONS
3. The United States reserves to it,
self exclusively the right to decide
what questions are within its do
mestic jurisdiction and declares that
all domestic and political questions
relating to it's internal affairs, in
Guiding immigration. coastwise traf-
fic. the tarif. commerce, and all other
domestic questions, are solely within
the jurisdiction OF the United States
and are not under this treaty submit
or to the consideration of the coun-
Gil or the assembly Of the league Of
nations, or to the decision or recon-
mendation of any other power.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
4. The United States does not bind
itself to submit to arbitration or inquiry
by the assembly or the council any
question which, in the judgment Of the
United States, depends upon or involves
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known as the Monroe doctrine.
Said doctrine Is to be interpreted by
the United States alone and Is hereby
declared to be wholly outside the juris-
is preserved unaffected by any provi-
sion in said treaty contained.
sHANTUNG.
s. The United States refrains from
entering into any agreement upon its
part in reference to the matters con-
tanned in articles 1856, 1877 and 1853, and
reserves full liberty of action in respect
to any controversy which may arise in
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VOTE OF COMMONS
6. Where neither principal country
nor dominion is party to dispute the
United States reserves the right. upon
the submission Of any dispute to the
council or the assembly, to object to
any member and it's self-governing
dominions, dependencies or posses
sions having in the aggregate more
than one vote; and in case such OBJ
lection is made the United States as
sumes no obligation to be bound by
any election. founding or decision in
which such member and its said
dominions, dependencies and possess
sions have in the aggregate cast more
than one vote.
Z. (Where principal country or
dominion is party to the dispute.)
That the United States understands
and constructs the words dispute be-
pute between parties" in article 10 to
mean that dispute with a self-gov-
erning dominion colony or dependency
represented in the assembly is a dis
pute with the dominant or principal
member represented therein, and that
a dispute with such dominant or prin-
cipal member is a dispute with all it's
self-governing dominions, colonies or
dependencies; and that the exclusion
of the parties to the dispute provided
in the last paragraph of said article
will cover not only the dominant or
principal member, but also Its domin-
ions. colonies and dependencies"
Senator Jones, republican. Washing
ton, presented reservation by which
the United States would give notice
league at the end of two years unless
within that time Shantung had been
restored to China; the Irish situation
solved in a way satisfactory to the
irish people: Egypt made an inde-
pendent state and peace-time con-
scrtption abolished by all of the
league members