Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-28
Covenant of League of Nations as Finally Drafted
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the council shall so report, an,
shall make no recommendation a
to its settlement.
The council may in any cas-
under this article refer the dis
pute to the assembly. The DISPUTE
shall be SO referred at the reques
of either party to the dispute, pro
wded that such request be mad
within n days after the submission
of the dispute to the council.
In any case referred to the as
sembly all the provisions Of thi
article and of article IL relating
to the action and powers of tn
council shall apply to the actor
and "owers of the assembly, pro
vided that a report made by thu
assembly, if concurred in by thu
representatives of those member
of the league represented on thu
council and a majority of the othel
members of the league, exclusive
in each case Of the representative
of the parties to the dispute, shall
have the same force as = report BY
the council concurred in by all tht
members thereof other than thu
representative of one or more o.
the parties to the dispute.
(The paragraph specifically ex'
Guiding matters of domestic juris
diction" from action by the council
is new. In the last sentence the
words "if concurred in by the rep
resentatives of those members oi
the league represented on the coun-
Gill;" etc, have been added).
Article Sixteen.
Should any member of the league
resort to war in disregard of its
covenants under Articles IL. Is or
IS, it shall ipso facto be deemed to
have committed an act Of war
against all other members Of the
league, which hereby undertake i'm
mediately to subject it to the sever
ance of all trade or financial rela-
tons, the prohibition of all inter
course between their nationals and
the nationals of the covenant-break-
ing state and the prevention of all
financial. commercial or personal in
tercourse between the nationals OF
the covenant-breaking member Of
the league and the nationals of any
other state, whether a member OF
the league or not.
1t shall be the duty of the council
in such case to recommend to the
several governments concerned
what effective military or naval
forces the members of the league
shall severally contribute to the
ornaments Of forces to be used to
protect the covenants of the league.
The members of the league agree,
further, that they will mutually sup
port one another in the financial and
economic measures which are taken
under this article, in order to min
imize the loss and inconvenience
resulting from the above measures,
and that they will mutually support
one another in resisting any special
measures aimed at one of their num-
Der by the communicating state.
and that they will take the necessary
steps to afford passage through their
territory to the forces of any of the
members of the league which are
cooperating to protect the cove
nants of the league.
Any member Of the league which
has violated any covenant of the
league may be declared to be no
longer a member of the league by a
vote of the council concurred in by
the representative of all the other
members or the league represented
thereon. ,
unchanged, except for the addi-
ton of the last sentence.)
Article Seventeen.
In the event of dispute between
member of the league and state
which is not a member of the league,
or between states not members of
the league, the state or states not
members of the league shall be i'll
vited to accept the obligations of
membership in the league for the
purposes of such dispute, upon such
conditions as the council may deem
just. If such invitation is accepted.
the provisions of articles IL to Is,
inclusive, shall be applied with such
notifications as may be deemed
necessary by the council.
Upon such invitation being given,
the council shall Immediately insti-
tute an inquiry into the circum-
stances of the dispute and recon-
mend such actions as may seem best
and most effectual in the circum-
stances.
If state so invited shalt refuse
to accept the obligations of men,
bership in the league for the pur-
poses of such dispute, and shall re-
sort to war against a member of
the league, the provisions of article
10 shall be applicable as against the
state taking such action.
If both parties to the dispute,
when so invited, refuse to accept the
obligations of membership in the
league for the purposes of such dis
pute, the council may take such
measures and make such recommen-
dations as will prevent hosti1ities
and will result in the settlement of
the dispute.
Virtually unchanged).
Article Eighteen.
Every convention or international
engagement entered into hencefor-
ward by any member of the league
shall be forthwith registered with
the secretariat and shall as soon as
possible be published by it. No
such treaty or international engage
ment shall be binding until so reg
istered.
(Same as original Article 23.)
Article Nineteen.