Arizona republican., 1919-02-15

so invited refuse to accept the obli- cations of membership in the league | for the purpose of such dispute, the | executive council may take such ac- ton and make such recommendations | that will prevent hostilities and will result in the settlement of the dis pute.
 Article XVIII. The high contract ing parties agree that the league shall be entrusted with general supervision of the trade in arms and ammunition with the country in which control Of this traffic is necessary in the common interest.
 Action On Colonies
 Article XIX. To these, colonies an0 territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be un- der the sovereignty of the states which formerly owned them and which are inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there had been applied the prin- ciple that the well being and develop ment of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the permanence of this trust should be embodied in the constitution of the league.
 The best method of giving prac- ticable effect to this principle is that ! the tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations, who bv reason of their resources, by ex- l perience their geographical position 1 can best undertake the responsibility l and that this tutelage should be ac-
 cepted by them as mandatories on
 behalf of the league.
 The character of the mandate must
 differ according to the state of the de-
 velopment of the people, the geo.
 graphical situation of the territory, its
 economic conditions and similar cir | cumstances.
 Certain communities formerly be- longing to the Turkish empire have
 reached a stage of development that
 their existence as independent nations
 can be provisionally recognized sub
 feet to the rendering af advice toward
 development and assistance by a man.
 datory power until such time as they
 are able to stand alone. The wishes
 of these communities must be a prin-
 cipal condition in the selection of tho
 mandatory power.
 Other peoples, especially those oi
 central Africa, arc at such stage
 that the mandatory must be responsl'
 ble for the administration of the terri
 tory subject to conditions which vii
 guarantee freedom of conscience or
 religion, subject only to the mainten-
 ance of public order and morals, tho
 prohibition of abuses such as the slave
 trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic end the prevention of the es-
 tablishment of Qualifications or mili
 tarv or naval bases and of militar,
 training of the natives for other thar police purposes, and the defense of ter
 ritory and will also secure equal op : portunties for the trade and com
 merce of other members of the league There are territories. such a Southwest Africa and certain of tn : South Pacific islands, which owing t ? the spareness of their population, 0 ; their small size or their remotenes } from the centers of civilization o !. their geogra phical contiguity to tn mandatory state. and other circuni l stances, can be best administered unde l the laws of the mandatory states a integral portions thereof. sub ct to tn 9 safeOuards above mentioned in the in Q terest of the indigenous population. 9 Tn every case of mandate, the man . datory state shall render to the leagu e an annual report in reference to th ' territory committed to it's charge | The degree of authority and contrt
 or administration to be exercised b y the mandatory state shall, if not pre- - viously agreed upon by the high con e tracing parties in each case be eS . plicitly defined by the executive coun
 oil a1 ,lN. ,-f.
 Q The high contracting parties fun n ther agree to establish at the seat "a the league mandatory commission a receive and examine the annual re
 ports of the mandatory powers. an . to assist the league in ensuring the ot
 servance of the terms of all mandate y Fair Condition for Labor !! Article XN. The high contractir
 parties will endeavor to secure ar '' maintain fair and humane conditiC ie of labor for men, women and childre ,- both in their own countries and in a II countries to which their commerci d and industrial relations extend; and IT that end agree to establish as part ie the organization of the league a pc l. manent bureau of labor
 ,e Article XXI. The high contractir le parties agree that provision shall m made through the instrumentality le the league to secure and mainta D. freedom of transit and equitable Urea or ment for the commerce of all stat l. members of the league, having in mil te among other things, special arrang q ments with regard to the necessiti if of the regions devastated during t |, I war of 19l4-191a.
 . Article XII. The high contractil II, II parties agree to place under the co a, a, trol of the leagIG all information Ill bureaus already established by gener eo treaties if the parties to such treati h. consent. Fundamentally. they agr
 that all such international bureaus ee -