Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-29

increase in the council should other
powers he added to the league of ma
tions, whose present accession is not
anticipated
The two last paragraphs of article
four are new providing specifically
for one vote for each member of the
! league in the council which was un-
derstood before. and providing also
for one representative of each mem
ber of the league.
The first paragraph Of article five
is new expressly Incorporating the
provision as to the unanimity OF vot-
ing, which was at I'll st taken for
granted.
The second paragraph of article
SIX has had added to it that a ma
| iority of the assembly must approve
the appointment of the secretary
l. general
May Change Capital.
! The first paragraph of article sav-
! en- names Geneva as the seat of the
1 league and is followed BY secon
! paragraph which gives the council
] power TO establish the seat of the
! leagu els where, should II subsequent
! ly deem 1t necessary
THE third paragraph of article
se?en Is new, esta blishing equality of
employment of men and women, that
| Is to say, by the league.
"The second paragraph of article
! tn r,een is new, in as much as il un-
| dertakes TO give instances of disputes
| which are generally suitable for sup.
mission to arbitration, instances OF
what have laterly been called Justi-
ciable questions.
Thu eighth paragraph of article
j fifteen is new. This is the amend
| ment regarding domest c jurisdiction,
! that where the council finds a ques-
! ton Arising out of an international
| dispute affects matters which are
| clearly under the domestic iurisdic-
| tion of one or other Of the parties Il
is to report to that effect and make
/ no recommendation
The last paragraph of article six
| teen Is new, providing for an expul-s
sion from the league In certain extra
Ordinary circumstances.
'Articla . is new.
"fhe second paragraph of article
22 inserts the words with regard to
| manufactures, and who are willing to
accept it, thus explicitly introducing
| the principle that mandate cannot
be forced upon a nation unwilling to
accept 1t.
Article 20 is a combination of sew
| eral former articles and also contains
tle IolloWlnE: clause providing for
the Just treatment Of aborigines a
clause looking toward a prevention
Of the white slave traffic and the trait
fic in opium, and a clause looking to-
ward progress in International pre-
Nention and control OF disease
Article 20 specifically mentions the
Red Cross as one of the international
ORGANIZATIONS which are to connect
their work with the work of the
league
May Amend Covenant.
Article 26 permits the amendment
| of the covenant by a ma iority of the
states composing the assembly, in
stead Of three-fourths Of the states,
though it does not change the re-
qulrcment in the matter with regard
TO the vote in the council.
The second paragraph of article
26 is also new and was added at the
request of the Brazilian delegation, in
order to avoid certain constitutional
difficulties 1t permits any member
of the league to dissent from an
amendment, the effect of such dissent
! being withdrawal from the league
And the annex is added giving the
names of the sigratories of the treaty.
who become members, and the names
of the states invited to aCcede to the
i GOV nant. These are all the changes,
! | believe, which are of moment.
/ "Mr, President: | take the oppor-
tunity to move the following resolu-
i tion in order To carry out the provi-
sions of the covenant. You will no
tice that the covenant provides that
the first secretary general shall be
chosen by this conference. 1t also
| provides that the first choice of the
! four member states who are 10 be ad-
ded 10 the five great powers on the
: council is left to this conference
, 81 move therefore. that the first
secretary general of the council shall
+, he the Honorable Sir James Eric
Drummond. and, second that until
, such time as the assembly shall have
selected the first four members of
the league to b. represented on the
) council in accordance with article 4
of the covenant. represent'ves of Bel
GUM, Brazil Gree 30 and Spain shall
be members: and. third, that the pow
ers to be r presented on the council
of the league of nations are requested
to name representatives who shall
form a committee of nine to prepare
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