Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-15

exercised by them as mandatories
on behalf of the league.
THE character of the mandate
must differ according to the stage
of the development of the people.
the geographical situation of the
territory, its economic conditions
and other similar circumstances.
Turks Former Holdings.
Certain communities formerly
belonging to the Turkish empire
have reached a stage of develop
melt which their existence as in-
dependent nations can be provi-
sionally recognized subject to the
rendering of administrative advice
and assistance by a mandatory
power until such time as they are
able to stand alone. The wishes
of these communities must be a
principal consideration in the Sc
lection of the mandatory power.
Other peoples, especially those
of Central Africa, are at such
stage that the mandatory must be
responsible for the administration
Of the territory subject to condi-
tons which will guarantee freedom
of conscience or religion, subject
only to the maintenance of public
order and morals, the prohibition
of abuses 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 aid of
military training of the natives tor
other than police purposes and the
defense of territory, and will also
secure equal opportunities for the
trad and commerce of other
members of the league.
"There are territories, such as
Southwest Africa and certain of
the South Pacific isles, which. ow-
ing to the sparseness of their
population, or their small size, or
their remoteness from the centers
Of civilization, or their geograghi-
cal continuity to the mandatory
state, and other circumstances, can
be best administered under the
laws of the mandatory state as in
tegral portions thereof, subject to
the safeguards above mentioned,
in the interests of the indigenous
population.
Render Annual Report.
I'm every case of mandate the
mandatory state shall render to
the league an annual report in
reference to the territory commit
ted to its charge.
"The degree of authority, con-
troll or administration to be exer-
cised by the mandatory state shall,
if not previously agreed upon by
the high contracting parties in
each case be explicitly defined
by the executive council in
special act or charter.
"The high contracting parties
further agree to establish at the
seat of the league a mandatory
commission to receive and ex-
anime the annual reports of the
mandatory powers and to assist
the league in ensuring the observ-
ance of the terms of all mandates.
article XX-The high con-
tracing parties will endeavor to
secure and maintain fair and hui
name conditions of labor for men,
women and children, both in their
own countries and in all countries
to which their commercial and in
dustrial relations extend, and to
that end agree to establish as
part of the organization of the
league a permanent bureau Of la
Dor.
article XXI-The high con-
tracing parties agree that publ
cation shall be made through the
instrumentality of the league to
secure and maintain freedom of
transit and equitable treatment
for the commerce of all states
members of the league, having in
mind, among other things, spe-
cial arrangements with regard to
the necessities of the regions de-
vastated during the war of 1914
1918.
*'Article XXIT-The high con-