Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-29

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washington. April -2s.-rhe state
department made public tonight the
text Of the revised, covenant of the
League Of Nations. as 1t will be pre.
4ef1ted tomorrow at the plenary SEES.
zion of the peace conference al Paris.
The text follows, with parentheticai
Insertions. showing changes made in
the covenant as originally drafted and
made public.
1 The covenant OF the League Of Ma
lions: T
lin order to promote international
fb-operatton and to achieve ~interna-
tpnal peace and security, by the ar
deptance of obligations not to resort
70 a by the prescription of open.
Just and honorable relations between
nations, by the firm establishment Of
understandinEs Of International law
aSs,to actual rule. .of conduct among
governments. and by the maintenance
0f justice n a scrupulous respect
for all treaty obligations in the deal
digs Of organized peoples with one
another. the high contracting parties
agree to adopt this covenant of-the
League of Nations:
III Article One.
slThe original members. Of the League
o. Nations shall. be those Of the sig.
1atories which, are named in the an
mex to this covenant and also such Of
those other states named in the annex
n accede without reservation to
this covenant. Such accessions shall
che erected by a declaration deposited
With the secretariat within two
months of the coming into force Of
the covenant. Notice thereof shall be
sent to all other members of the
hague.
ssAny fully self-governing state, do
nlnlon or COLONY not named in the
annex may become a member of the
league If it's admission is agreed to
by, two-thirds of the assembly, pro-
Nned it shall give effective guaran-
tees of its sincere. intention to OBJ
y serve its international obligations as
may be, prescribed by the league in
regard to its military and naval forces
and ornaments. -,
Any members of the league may.
after two years notice Of its intention
sD to do. withdraw from the league,
provided that all its international OBJ
legations and all its obligations under
thisAcovenant shall have been fulfilled
at the time Of its withdrawal.
Es.(This articleis new. ~embodying with
alterations and additions the old Ar
ticle Seven. It provides more specif-
sically the method Of admitting new
members and adds the entirely new
paragraph providing for withdrawal
dsawal was. made in the original doc
unent.)
H. Article Two.
THE action Of the league under this
covenant shall be effectual through the
fundamentally of an assembly and
of a council, with permanent secre-
tariat.
Originally this was a part of Ar
ticle One. 1t gives the name assembly
the members Of the league. formerly
preferred to merely as 'the body OF
delegates''). !
Article Three.
The assembly shall consist Of rep
re~sentatives of the members Of the
league.
The assembly shall meet at stated
intervals. n from time to time as
o~Scasion may require. at the seat OF
the league. or at such other place Rs
MAY be decided upon
The assembly may deal at its meet
ing with any matter within the
sphereSiof action Of the league or at
sfecting. the peace Of the world. =
, Eat meetings Of the assembly, each
member of the league shall have one
vote, and may have not more than
three representatives.
t(This embodies parts Of the original
Article One. Two and Three, with only
minor changes. It refers to Meth.
eds of the League" where the term
high contracting parties originally
y was Msed, and this change is followed
throughout the revised sdraft).
Article Four.
The. council shall consist Of. repre-.
sehtatives. OF the United States Of
America, of the British Empire o.
France Of 1taly.zand tof japan, to-
gether. with representatives Of four
: other members Of the league These
-four members Of the League shall be
selected by the assembly from time tc
time in its discretion: Until the ap.
pointrient of the representatives Of
the four members of the league frs
selected by the assembly. representa-.
tiyes of (blank) shall be- members Of
the council.
With the approval Of the. majority
of the assembly. the council may name
additional members of the. league
whose representatives shall always be
members of the council. the council
with like approval may increase the
~number of members Of the league tt
be selected by the assembly for rep
resentation on the council.
The council. shall meet from tims
at least once a year. at the seat Of
the league, or at such other place a
nay be decided upon.
The council may deal at its meet
ings with any. matter. within the
sphere of action. Of the league. or at
fecting the peace of the world.
Amy member Of the league not rep
resented on the. council shall be in
vited to send a representative to ST
as member at any meeting Of thu
council during the consideration ,ol
, any SEmatters specially affecting thu
interests Of that member of the league