Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-04

cations rs may be deemed neces-
sarE by she council
g. Upon such invitation being
given the council shall immediate
ly institute an inquiry into the cir
cumstances of the dispute and rec
ommcud such action as may seem
best and most effectual in the cir
cumstauces.
III state so invited shall refuse
to accept the obligations of mem
hership in the League for the pur-
poses Of such dispute, and shall re-
sort to war against a member Of
the League. the provisions of Aru-
Gle lG shall be applicable as against
the state taking action.
IF both parties to the dispute,
whom so invited, refuse to accept
the Obligations of membership in
the League for the purposes of
such dispute, the council may take
such measures and make such rec
concentrations as viii prevent hos
tilities and will result in the set
clement Of the dispute.
ARTICLE XVIII.
"Every convention or interna
tional engagement entered into
henCeforWard by any member of
the League shall be forthwith reg
istered with the Secretariat, and
shall as soon as possible be pub
hshed by it. No such treaty or
international engagement shall be
binding until so registered.
ARTICLE NIX.
1.-THE assembly may from time to
time advise the reconsideration by
members of the League of treaties
which have become inapplicable
and the consideration of interna-
tional conditions whose continu-
ance might endanger the peace OF
the world.
ARTICLE IN.
"The members of the League
severallv agree that this covenant
is accepted as abrogation of all OBJ
legations or understandings inter Sc
which are inconsistent with the
terms thereof, and solemnty under
take that they will not hereafter
enter into any engagements neon
sistent with the terms thereof.
"In case members of the League
shall, before becoming a member
of the League, have undertaken
any obligations inconsistent Win
the terms of this covenant, it shall
be the duty of such member to take
immediate steps to procure its re-
lease from such obligations.
ARTICLE XXI.
"Nothing in this covenant snail
he deemed to affect the validity OF
international engagements, such as
treaties OF arbitration or regional
understandings like the Monroe
Doctrine for securing the malhteh-
ance of peace.
ARTICLE XXI.
ITO those colonies and territories
which as a consequence OF the late
war have ceased to be under the
sovereignty of the states when lor-
merlv governed them, ana whlcli
are inhabited by peoples not YET
able TO stand by themselves under
tho strenuous conditions OF the
modern world, there should be ap-
piled the principle that the Wei
being and development OF such
peoples form a sacred trust OF CIV
ilization, and that securities for the
performance of this trust should
he embodied in this covenant.
"The best method of giving prac-
ticable effect to this principle. Is
that the tutelage of such peoples be
entrusted to advanced nations VINO
by reasons of their resources, their
experience or their geographical
position, can best undertake TINS
responsibility, and who are willing
to accept it, and that this tutelage
should be exercised hy them as
manufactures on behalf of the
League.
THE character of the mandate
must differ according to the stage
of development of the people. the
geographical situation OF the terri
tory, its economical condition and
other similar circumstances.
certain communities formerly
belonging to the Turkish Empire
have reached a stage of develop
ment where their existence as in
dependent nations can be provi-
sionally recognized subject to the
rendering of administrative advice
and assistance by mandatory UNI
til such time as they are able to