The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-05-01
REVISED COVENANT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
MADE PUBLIC IN US.
RE-DRAFT OF FIRST OUTLINE
MADE AFTER CONSULTATION
WITH IS NEUTRAL
NATIONS.
SUMMARY OF ARTICLES GIVEN
Document Does Not Create supen
State; League Must Depend
On Free Consent Of Its
Component States.

Paris.--The revised covenant of the
League of Nations went before a plen-
airy session of the peace conference
Monday for final action.
A semi-official analysis of the re-
vised covenant says the re-draft was
made after consultation with 10 neu.
trail nations, and examination of critic
isms coming from both sides of the
Atlantic. The resulting document. II
is declared, does not create a super
state; the league must depend upon
the free consent Of its component
states.
The preamble provides that all ma
tons signing the covenant will adhere
to it's terms.
Article 1. Names the states which
are to be members of the League.
This list includes all the nations that
were at war with Germany and such
neutrals as are invited to become
members.
Article 2. States that an assembly,
a council and secretariat shall be NAM
ed
Article 8. Provides that the as
sembly shall consist Of representa-
tives of the members Of the league.
Each nation to have one vote.
Article 4. Provides that the council
shall at the start consist of represen.
tatives of the United States, British
Empire, France, Italy and Japan.
Four other members are to be named
later.
Articles 8. Provides for majority
rule at council and assembly meetings.
Article 6. The permanent secret
ariat shall be established at the seat
of the league, but the name of this
official is not yet made public.
Article 7. Names the seat of the
league as Geneva. Council may
change this at any time.
Article g. Provides for reducation
OF ornaments.
Article 8. Establishes a permanent
commission to report to the council.
Article 10. Binds members of the
league to respect and protect other
members from aggression.
Article IL. Any threat of war will
concern all members Of the league.
Article IL. All disputes must be
submitted to the council War must
not be resorted to until 3 months af-
ter award of council.
Article Is. Members of League
agree to adhere to decisions of award
made by council.
Article IA. Permanent court Of in
ternational justice to be established.
Article Is. The council, when en-
able to agree on disputes, may make
public the whole facts in the case.
Members Of League may take action
to uphold justice, II council cannot
agree.
Article 16. Any member declaring
war contrary to terms of the covenant
shall be an outcast. Other members
are to sever all trade relations. Pro-
vides military measures to be taken
against such nation.
Article II. In Disputes between
non.members of league, parties are to
be invited to join league for the pur-
pose of settlement of dispute Coun-
Gil to take action to prevent hostili-
ties.
Article IS. Treaties must be reg
istered with secretariat and made
public.
Article 10. Inapplicate treaties may
be resonsidered.
Article 20. Covenant supercedes
all other treaties.
Article 81. Nothing in covenant
shall be deemed to affect the validity
Of the international engagements, such
as treaties of arbitration or regional
understandings like the Monroe doc
trine for securing the maintenance of
peace.
Article %. Foe colonies to be ruled
by Advanced Nations" temporarily.
Those sufficiently developed may be-
come independent states. Permanent
commission to examine reports Of
manufactures ruling colonies.
Article &c. League members to
maintain fair conditions for labor.
Article "a. Bureaus already estab-
lished by treaties now in force shall
be under direction Of league.
Article 25. Pledge development
of Red Cross.
Article 26. Provides for amend