Republican farmer., 1919-05-09

CuDd, EcuauOr, Greece, Guatemala, | Haiti, the Hediaz, Honduras, Liberia, 1 Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia, Siam, | CbechoSlovaka and Uruguay, who with the five above are described as 1 the allied and associated powers. and i on the other part, Germany.
 From the coming into force of the ] present treaty the state of war will | terminate From the moment and subject to the provisions of this treaty official relations with Germany, and with each of the German States, will
 be resumed by the allied and asso- | ciated powers.
 | League of Nations.-The covenant of l the league of nations constitutes Sec tion 1 of the peace treaty. which places | upon the league many specific in addi- l tiOn to its general duties It may | question Germany at any time for ] violation of the neutraIized zone east I of the Rhine as a threat against the worlds peace. It will appoint three | of the five members of the Saar Com l mission, oversee it's regime, and carry 1 out the plebiSCite. It will appoint the l High Commissioner of Danzig, guaran- tee the independence of the free city, 1 and arrange for treaties between Dan ! zig and Germany and Poland i It will work out the mandatory sys- l tem to be applied to the former German 1 colonies, and act as a final court in ] part of the pieEisCites of the Belgian 1 German frontier, and in disputes as to l the Kiel Canal, and decide certain of l the economic and financial problems ! An international conference on labor | is to be held in October under it's direc- | ton, and another on The international 1 control of ports, waterways and rail ! ways is foreshadowed
 1 NIembership-Th members of the 1 league will be the signatories of the i covenant, and other states invited to aCcede, who must lodge q declaration
 of accession without reservation with in two months. A new state, dominion or colony may be admitted, provided it's admission is agreed by two-thirds | of the assembly. A state may with
 draw upon giving two years notice, if
 it has fulfilled all it's international obli- gations.
 Secretariat
 A permanent secretariat will be eS- tablished at the seat of the League, which will be at Geneva.
 The assembly will consist of repre- l sentatives of the members of the League, and will meet at stated inter vaIs. Voting will be by states. Each member will have one vote and not more than three representatives. Armaments.
 The council will formulate plans for a reduction of armaments for conStd- | eration and adoption. These plans will be revised every ten years. Once they | are submitted by any party to the dis 1 pute which complies with it if a mem 1 Der fails to carry out the award, the | council will propose the necessary | measures. The council will formulate | plans for the establishment of a per manent court of international justice to determine international disputes or to give advisory opinions. Members who do not submit their case to arbi-
 tratiOn must accept the Jurisdiction of
 the assembly. If the council, less the
 parties to the dispute, is unanimously
 agreed upon the rights of it, the mem- bers agree that they will not go to
 war with any party to the dispute which complies with it's recommenda- tionS. In case a recommendation is | adopted by the assembly no member
 must exceed the armaments fixed without the concurrence of the coun- cil. All members will exchange full | information as to armaments and pro- grams, and a permanent commission will advise the council on military and naval questions.
 Upon any war, or threat of war. the 1 council will meet to consider what ac- tion shall be taken Members are pledged to submit matters of dispute
 to arbitration or inquiry and not to
 resort to war until three months after
 the award Members agree to carry out an arbitral award, and not to go to war unless cOncurred in by all its members represented on the council and simple majority of the rest, less the parties to the dispute, will have the force of a unanimous recommen- dation by the council In either case, if ! the necessary agreement cannot be SC ] cured the members reserve the right to r take such action as may be necessary | for the maintainance of right and just l ice. Members resOrting to war in diSre- | gard of the covenant will immediately l be debarred from all intercourse with | other members. The council will in l such cases consider what military or naval action can be taken by the league collectively for the protection
 of the covenants and will afford ia
 cilities to members cooperating in this
 enterprise.
 i Validity Of Treaties.
 1 All treaties or international engage 1 ments concluded after the institution l of the league will be registered with
 the secretariat and published. The as-
 sembly may from time to time ad-
 wise members to reconsider treaties | which have become inapplicable or in
 volve danger to peace The cove 1 nant abrOgates all obligations between
 members inconsistent with it's terms, l but nothing in it shall affect the valid
 ity of international engagement, such
 as treaties of arbitration or regional
 understandings like the Monroe Doe
 Irine, for securing the maintenance
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