The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-20

parties break or disregard its cove
nants under Article XII 1t 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
h nationals of the covenant-breaking
state, and h prevention Of all imam
fial. commercial or personal inter-
sourve between the nationals of the
covenant-breaking state and the ma
tionals of any other state. whether a
membe 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
h league.
ARTICLE XVII.
In he 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 my 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-
fusing to accept the obligations of men,
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 m
munition with the countries in which the
control of this traf1c 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
the wellbeing and development of such
peoples form a sacred trust of civilization
and that securities for the performance
VI ILLS lEuSI SllOulU DC eIQOOOl6Q IN the
constitution Of the league.
The best method Of giving practical ef-
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
tory on behalf of the league.
Certain communities formerly belonging
to the Turkish empire lave reached q
stage Of development which their exist
ence as independent nations can be pro-
v~isionally recognized subject to the rem
dering of administrative advice and as
sistance by mandatory power until such
time as they are able to stand alone. The
wishes of these communities must be a
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 centers of
civilization, or their geographical continu-
ity to the mandatory state. and other cir
c~umstances. can be best administered un-
der the law Of the mandatory state as
integral portions thereof, subject to the
safeguards above mentioned. in the inter-
ests of the indigenous population.
In every case Of mandate, the manda-
tory state shall render to the league an
annual report in reference to the territory
committed to it's charge.
ARTICLE Ky
The high contracting parties will
endeavor to secure and maintain fair
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 n agree
to establish as part of the organiza-
ton OF the league a permanent bureau
of labor.
ARTICLE XXI
The high contracting parties agree
that provision shall be made through
the instrumentality of the league to
secure and maintain freedom Of transit
and equitable treatment for the COM
merce Of all 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 wal of 1914-1918.
ARTICLE XXI.
The high contracting parties agree
to place under the control of the league
of international bureaus general trea-
ties If the parties to such treaties con-
sent. Furthermore, they agree that all
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 men,
Der of the league shall be forthwith regis
tered with the secretary general, and an
soon as possible published by him, and
hat no such treaty or international en-
gagement hall be binding until SO regis
tered.
XXlV,
It shall be the right Of the body of
delegates from time to time to advise the
reconsideration by states members of the
league of treaties which have become in
applicable, and of International conditions
Of which the continuance may endanger
the peace of the world.