The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-01
REVISED COVENANT
GIVEN TO NATIONS
RI STATES ARE NAMED AS ORIG
NAL MEMBERS.
Is Will be Invited.
Original Members Are All Nations
Which Declared War Upon Ger
many and the Czechs and Poles.

yised covenant of the league of ma
tions as it will be presented at Paris
tomorrow to the peace conference IN
plenary session, was made public to-
night by the state department. Its
essential features, including impor-
tant amendments designed to meet
criticisms in the United States of the
original draft, already had been dis
closed through an official summary
issued two weeks ago when the re-
vision was completed.
The "Annex" Given Out.
Attached to the text, however, is
the hitherto unpublished "annex' re-
ferred to in the covenant, in which
are named the 81 states, including
the self-governing British dominions
which are to be the original members
of the league of nations, and 13 ma
ti6ns to be invited to accede to the
covenant. The original members are
all the nations which declared war on
Germany, and in addition the new
states of Czecho-SIovakia and Poland
Those invited to become members by
acceding to the covenant are the
three Scandinavian countries, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and
Persia and the American republics OF
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Para
quay, Salvador and Venezuela.
Mexico Not In 1t.
Mexico was not represented in the
conference of neutrals at Paris, and
as was expected, does not appear in
the list. Provision is made in the
covenant, however, for the admission
to the league of any fully self-goYern-
ing country which will give required
guarantees, upon two-thirds vote of
the assembly, composed of represent
ati1es of the member nations.
AS in the original document the
covenant provides that the league
shall act through an assembly, in
which each state shall have one vote
and not more than three delegates
and a council comprising for the
present one representative each of
the five great powers and each of four
other powers to be selected from time
to time by the assembly. Members of
each class represented on the council
may be increased by unanimous con-
sent of the council and a majority of
the assembly.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Publication of the text discloses
that the official summary quoted ver-
batim the new article recognizing the
Monroe doctrine. 1t provides that
nothing in the covenant shall be
deemed ssto effect the validity of in
ternational engagements such as
treaties of arbitration or regional un-
derstandings like the Monroe doc
trine for securing the maintenance of
peace"
Changes suggested in criticisms in
the United States senate add provl-
sions for the withdrawal of member
nation upon two years notice after
fulfllment of the league obligations,
exempt domestic questions from the
leagues jurisdiction, provide that
mandatories over German colonies on
former Ottoman dominions shall be
given only to nations willing to ac-
cept them, leave it to member states
to decide what armed force, if any, it
will contribute to the force required
by the league to enforce its mandates
and make it clear that member states
individually will pass upon proposed
limitations upon their armaments.
What New Draft Includes.
With notifications the new draft
includes all the provisions for the
submission to the council of interna-
tlOud1 u1SpuISS, tOl 1uFII1AS Aoh
member nations to accept the obliga-
tions of members for the purpose of
adjusting disputes, and for breaking
economic relations or the use OF
armed force in dealing with state
which has broken the covenant and
thereby committed "an act of war
against the league"
Except in certain specified in
stances unanimous agreement is re-
ouired for all decisions. In the pro-
visions for the settlement of dis
putes, it is set forth that the votes
must be unanimous, excepting the
representative of the parties to the
dispute.
Geneva, Switzerland, is named as
the seat of the league, where the Sec