Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-02-15

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The high contracting parties agree,
: further, that they will mutually sup
l port one another in the financial and
: economic measures which may be
taken under this article in order to
| minimize the loss and Inconvenience
, resulting from the above measures.
l and that they will mutually support
one another in resisting all special
measures aimed at one of their num-
Der by the covenant breaking state,
and that they will afford passage
through their territory to the forces
i of any o fthe high contracting parties
who are cooperating to protect the
covenants of the League.
: Art. II. In the event of disputes
, between one state member of the Lea
que and another state which is not a
, member of the League, or between
states not members of the League,
the high contracting parties agree
that the state or states not members
of the League shall be invited to ac-
cept the obligations of membership
in the League for the purposes of such
disputes, upon such conditions as the
executive council may deem just, and
upon acceptance of any such invita-
ton, the above provisions shall be APP
piled with such notifications as
may be deemed necessary by the Lea
que.
Upon such invitation being given
the executive council shall immediate
ly institute an inquiry into the cir
cumstances and merits of the dispute
and recommend such action as may
see mbest and most effectual in the
circumstances.
In the event of a power so invited
refusing to accept to obligations of
membership in the League for the
purposes of the League which in the
case of state member of the league
would constitute breach of article
IL, the provisions of article Is shall
/ be applicable as against the state tax.
ing such action.
| If both parties to the dispute when
so invited refuse to accept the obi
cations of membership in the League
for the purpose of such dispute, the
executive council may take such &C
! tion and make such recommendation
: as will prevent hostilities and will re-
J, Art. 18. The high contracting par
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entrusted with general supervision of
the trade in arms an ammunition
with the countries in which the con-
/ troll of this traffic is necessary in
the common interest.
: Art. 10. To those colonies and
territories which as 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 well-being and de-
velopment of such peoples from a sac
cred trust of civilization and that Sc
curity for the performance of. this
trust should be embodied in the con-
stitution of the eLague. =
/ The best method Of giving practic-
al effect to this principle is that the
tutelage of such peoples should be en-
trusted to advance dnations who by
reason of their resources, their ex-
perience rtheir geographical posi-
ton, can best undertake this respon-
sibility, and that thies tutelage should
be exercised by them as manufactures
on behalf of the League.
The character of the mandate must
differ according to the stage of the
development of the peopl, the geogra-
phical situation of the territory, it's
economic conditions and other similar
circumstances.
Certain communities formerly be-
longing to the Turkist Empire have
reached stage of development which
their existence as independent nations
can be Professionally recognized sub
ject to the rendering of admins trative
advice an assistance b va mandatory
power until such time as they are able
to stand alone. The wishes of these
communities must be principal
consideration in the selection of the
mandatory power.
1 Other peoples, especially those of
4 Central Africa, are at such a stage
that the mandatory must be respon-
sible for the administration of the ter
ritOry subject to conditions which will
guarantee freedom of conscience of
religion subject of abuse such as the
slave trade, the arms traffic and the
liquor traffic, and the prevention of
; the establishment of Notifications or
military and naval bases and of mill
tary training fthe natives for 9TH
, err than police purposes and the de-
, Tense of territory, and viii lalso secure
equal opportunities TO rthe trade and
commerce Of other members of the
league.
There are territories, such as South
, west Africa and certain of South Pa
. cific Isles, which owing to the Spar
! seness of their population, or their
, small size, of their remoteness from
, the centers of civilization, or their
. geographical continuity to the manda-
! tory state, and other circumstances,
can be best administered under the
, laws of the mandatory state as integ-
raj portions thereof, subject to tho
, safeguard above mentioned, in the in
, terests of the indigenous population.
In every case of mandate, the man.
| datory state shall render to the lea
: que an annual report in reference to
the territory committed to it's charge.