Sharp County record., 1919-02-21

| parties break or disregard its cove
nants under Article XII it shall thereby
| ipso facto be deemed to have commit
| ted an act of war against all the other
| members of the league. which hereby
| undertakes Immediately to subject it
to the severance Of all trade or finan-
| cial relations, the prohibition of all
| intercourse between their nationals and
| the nationals of the covenant reaking
| state, and the prevention of all finan-
| cial, commercial or personal inter
| course between the nationals OF the
| covenant breaking state and the ma
tlonals of any other state, whether
member of the league or not.
1t shall be the duty of the executive
| council in such case to recommend
what effective military or naval force
| the members of the league shall sew
orally contribute to the armed forces
to be used to protect the covenants OF
the league.
ARTICLE XVII
In the event of disputes between one
state member of the league and an
other state which is not a member of
the league the high contracting parties
agree that the state or states not mem
| bers of the league shall be invited to
accept the obligations of membership
in the league for the purposes of such
dispute, upon such conditions as the
executive council may deem just, and
upon acceptance of any such invitation
| the above provisions shall be applied
| with such notifications as may be
| deemed necessary by the league
In the event of a power so invited re-
fusng to accept the obligations Of mem
bership in the league for the purposes of
the league which in the case of a state
| member of the league would constitute a
breach Of Article XII, the provisions OF
| Article XVI shall be applicable as against
the state taking such action.
ARTICLE XVIII.
The high contracting parties agree that
| the league shall be entrusted with general
supervision of the trade in arms and am
munition with the countries In which the
control Of this traffic is necessary in the
common interest.
ARTICLE XIX.
| TO those colonies and territories which
| as a consequence of the late war have
ceased to be under the sovereignty OF the
states which formerly governed them and
which are inhabited by peoples not yet
able to stand by themselves under the
strenuous conditions of the modern world,
there should be applied the principle that
| lIlt WtlbcluB anu utNtlOpIltul VI butH
| peoples form a sacred tsuSt Of civilization
and that securities for the performance
Of this trust should be embodied in the
constitution Of the league.
The best method of giving practical eff
feet to this principle Is that the tutelage
Of such peoples should be entrusted to
| advanced nations who by reason OF their
resources, their experience or their
geographical position, can best undertake
this responsibility, and that this tutelage
should be exercised by them as manda-
tory on behalf Of the league.
Certain communities formerly belonging
to the Turkish empire have reached n
stage Of development which their exist
ence as Independent nations can be pro-
| ViSiOnaly recognized subject TO the rem
dering of administrative advice and as
| sstance by mandatory power until such
time as they are able to stand alone The
wishes Of these communities must be II
principal consideration IN the selection OF
the mandatory power,
There are territories, such as southwest
Africa and certain of the south Pacific
isles, which, owing to the Sparseness OF
their population, or their small size or
their remoteness from the centcrs Of
Fertilization, or their geographical continu-
ity TO the mandatory state, and other cir
cumstances can be best administered un-
der the laws Of the mandatory state as
integral portions thereof, subject to tho
safeguards above mentioned In the inter
csts Of the Indigenous population.
In every case OF mandate. the manda-
tory state she'll render TO the league an
annual report In reference to the territory
committed to It's charge
ARTICLE Xxx.
The high contracting parties will
endeayor to secure and maintain fsir
and humane conditions OF labor for
men, women and children both In their
own countries and in all countries TO
| which their commercial and industrial
relations extend, and to that end agree
to establish as part OF the orgsniZe-
tIon Of the league a permanent bureau
| OF labor
ARTICLE XXI
'rhs high contracting parties agree
that provision shall be made through
the fundamentally Of the league TO
secure and maintain freedom OF transit
and equitable troatmont for the com
| morGO OF nll states members OF the
| League having In mind, among other
things, special arrangements with re-
| gard TO the necessities OF the regions
| devastated during the war of 1Olda101S.
ARTICLE XXI.
Tho high contracting parties agree
to place under the control OF tho League
of international bureaus general troaH
tics II the partIoB to such treaties con-
sent, Furthermore, they agree that oil
such international bureaus TO be CON
stituted In future shall be placed under
control OF the league,
ARTICLE XIII
The high contracting parties agree that
every treaty or international engagement
entered into hereafter by any state mem
bor of tho league shall bo forthwith regis
tered with tho secretary general, and ~
soon ~ possible published by him, and
that no such treaty or international en-
gagemont shall be binding until 10 regis.
| tered
ARTICLE XIV.
| It shall be the right of the body OF
delegates from time 70 time TO advise tho
reconsideration by stAtos members OF tho
League OF treaties which have become In"
applicable, ana Of International conditions
of which the continuance may endanger
tho peace OF the world
ARTICLE XIV.
The high contracting parties seyeraly
agree that the present covenant IN ac-
cepted as abrogating all obligations Inter
| al, ,,,hlph ara inpongintpui with thp tprtns