The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-02-21
NATIONS LEAGUE IS
ALL PLANNED now
IN A FEW WORDS, HERE'S HOW
THE PROGRAM is TO
OPERATE.
col. HOUSE IN WILSON'S AID
Those Outside the Five Big Nations
Can Become Members OF League
When They Agree to the
Laws and Are Elected.

When They Agree to the
Laws and Are Elected.
Paris.--With the subject OF the
league Of nations now out of the
way for some time to come, the big.
gest problem before the peace con-
ference at present is believed to be
readjustment OF the worlds finan-
cial and economic relations. a
When the supreme council reas-
sembled Colonel E. M. House took
the place of President Wilson.
Briefly What League. Is.
Administration Of the league Of
nations shall be in the hands Of an
executive council and permanent Sec
rotary.
Each member nation shall have
one vote in the body of delegates,
which shall meet at the leagues
capital at stated intervals.
The executive council shall consist
Of representatives of the United
States, Great Britain, France, Italy
and Japan. with four representatives
from other states to be elected by
the body of delegates.
The secretariat shall be comprised
of secretary general and assistants
to be elected by the executive coun
Gil (.
Membership.
Non-member nations, upon givins
: guarantees of their intention to OBJ
serve the leagues mandates, shall
be admitted to membership in tht
league upon an affirmative two-third'
!, vote Of the member nations.
Preservation of Peace.
Member nations are required Il
+ submit disputes to the executive
council, which may refer problems t
< the international court Of Justice.
;. An award will be made within ST.
q months and the disputants will b
J. bound not to resort to war for a
: least three months after the awar
/ is made.
If disputant files an acceptanc
q Of the award of the executive cour
Gil, it shall decide measures to Ell
: force the award. =
These may take the form of sevel
!. ance of diplomatic relations, ecol
= omic blockade, or use of armed To-
:. ces under direction Of the executiv
council.
In case of dispute between
member Of the league and mol
It member, the latter shall be invite
e to. assume the obligations Of men
s. bership and submit to the provision
r. for averting war, with the altern'
h tive of facing the same measures 9
10 the disputant member nation. .
e. Disarmament.
- The executive council shall form
J" late plans for the reduction Of a
maments to the lowest point CO
= sistent with national safety.
~ The private manufacture Of Wi
IL materials shall be prohibited.
Colonies.
III The German colonies in the P
cific and in Africa shall be place
o. under the protection Of the natiol
~ best suited to their administratio
Ill The slave and liquor traffic shs
!. be abolished in the African territ
I'D ries affected.
Turkish Territories.
I'M Certain Turkish territories 'shs
n be given the benefit of protectorat
on the basis OF self-determination.
he Labor Reforms.
IT, A permanent bureau of labor sh,
,st be established, to secure and ma
is tain humane conditions Of labor
member nations and countries as!
ciated commercially.
Freedom Of the Seas.
en- The league shall secure and ma
an tain freedom Of transit and equita1
lin treatment for the commerce of
ed member nations.
Secret Treaties.
rs Obligations by member nations
Ian consistent with the laws Of
nm. league shall be abrogated. Furtl
dir treaties must be filed with the
ternational bureau of general treat
and published.
Amendments.
Iss- Amendments of the constitut
the shall be effective when ratified
lad the states represented on the exc
,ist tive council and three-fourths of
de- states represented on the body
delegates.
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