The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-08
OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF WORLDS
MOST NOTABLE PEACE TREATY

vasion of Belgium, should be replaced by
firm lust and a durable peace the pleni-
potentiaries, having communicated, their
full powers found in good and due form,
have agreed as follows:
War VIII Terminate.
From the coming into force Of the
present treaty the state of war will, ter
inmate. From the moment and subject to
the provisions of this treaty official rela-
lions with Germany, and with each of the
German states will be resumed by the al
lied and associated powers.
Duties of League.
Section League of nations The cove
namt of the league of nations constitutes
section one of the peace treaty which
places upon the league many specific duties
in addition to its general duties. 1t may
question Germany at any time for VIC a
Rhine as threat against the worlds
peace. 1t will appoint three of the fve
members of the Saar commission, oversee
its regime and carry out the LlebiSclte- II
will appoint the high commissioner of
Danzig. guarantee the independence of
the free city and arrange for treaties be
tween Danzig and Germany and Poland.
1t will work out the mandatory system to
be applied to the former German colonies.
and act as n final court i'll part of the
plebscites of the Belgian German frontier
and i'll disputes as to the kiel canal. and
decide certain of the economic ana imam
cial problems. An international conference
on labor is to be held in October under
its direction aud another on the interna1
tiOnal control of ports. waterways and
railways is foreshadowed.
Membership in League.
'Membership-Ph members of the
league willy be the signatories of the Z e-
nant and other states invited to acceed,
who must lodge a declaration of accession
without reservation within two months.
A new state dominion. or colony may be
admitted provided its admission is agreed
may withdraw upon giving two years
notice, If it has fulfilled all its interna-
| tional obligations"
Section 2-Secretariat-"A permanent
secretariat will be established at the seat
of the league which will be at Geneva.
"ASSEMBLG-The assembly Will consist
of representatives of the members of the
! league and will meet at stated intervals
Voting will be by states, Each member
three representatives.
Council of League.
"COUNCIL-The council will consist of
representatives of the five great allied
powers. together with representatives of
four members selected by the assembly
from time to time; it may cooperate with
additional states and will meet at least
once n year. Members not represented
will be invited to send representative
when. questions affecting their interests
Each state will have one vote and not
more than one representative. Decision
taken by the assembly and council must
be unanimous except in regard to pro
cedure and in certain cases SPECIFIED in
| the covenant and in the treaty where de-
cisions will be by n majority
Register All Treaties.
VALIDITY OF TREATIES-AI treaties
or international engagements concluded
after the institute of the league will be
registered with the secretariat and pub
| lished The assembly may from time to
time advise members to reconsider treaties
which have become inapplicable or involve
| danger of peace. The covenant abrogates
/ all obligations between members incon-
sistent with its terms. but nothing in it
shall affect the validity of international
engagement such as treaties of arbitration
or regional understanding, like the Monroe
doctrine, for the securing of the mainte
| nance of peace.
Mandatory System.
THE MANDATORY SYSTEM-The
! tutelage of nations not yet able to stand
| by themselves will be entrusted to ad-
/ vanced nations who are best fitted to un-
| dertake 1t. The covenant recognizes three
/ different stages of development requiring
! different kinds of manufactures.
| Communities like those belonging to
! the Turkish empire which can be provi-
! siOnally recognized as independent, sub
| ject to advice and assistance from man
datory in whose selection they would be
| allowed Il voice Communities like those
of Central Africa to be administered by the
mandatory under conditions generally ap-
! proved by the members of the lea que
| where equal opportunities for trade Will
| be allowed to all members; certain abuses,
| such trade in slaves, arms and liquor,
will be prohibited, and the construction of
military and naval bases and the intro
! will be disallowed. Other communities,
such as Southwest Africa and the South
Pacific islands, to be administered under
the laws of the mandatory as integral por-
| tons of its territory. In every case the
mandatory will render an annual report,
and the degree of its authority will be de-
fined.)
Better Labor Conditions.
GENERAL INTERNATIONAL PROVI-
SIONS-Subject to and in accordance with
| the provisions of international conventions
existing hereafter to be agreed upon,
the members of the league will in general
endeavOr thru the international organiZa-
| ton established by the labor convention
| to secure and maintain fair conditions of
| labor for men, women and children in
| their own countries and other countries.
and undertake to secure just treatment of
| the native habftants of territories under
! their control; they will entrust the league
with the general supervision over the exc
| cution of agreements for the suppression
| of traffic in women and children, etc, and
control of the trade i'll arms and ammuni-
| ton with countries in which control is nee
essary: they will make provision for free
| dom of communications and transit aud
| equitable treatment for commerce of all
| members of the leagne, with special refer
| ence to the necessities of regions devaS-
| deavor to take steps for international pre-
| vention and control of disease. Interna-
| tional bureaus and commissions already
established will be placed under the league,
| as well as those to be established in the
AMENDMENTS TO THE COVENANT
Amendments to the covenant will take
effect when ratified by the council and by
| a majority of the assembly.
| New Hun Boundaries
| "BOUNDARIES OF GERMANY-Ger-
| many codes to France Alsace- Lorraine,
| $500 square miles to the southwest. and to
| Belgium two small districts between Lux
emberg and Holland and totalling $50
| square miles. She cedes to Poland the
southeastern tip of Siesia beyond and in
| Guiding Oppeln, most of Posen and West
Prussia, 27,6S6 square miles, East Prussia
| being isolated from the main body by n
part of Poland. She loses sovereignty over
the northeastern most tip of East Prussia,
| forty square miles, north of the river
| Memel, and the internationalized areas
| about Danzig, 100 square miles. and the
| basin of the Saar 73S square miles, be-