The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-10-14
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
The Great Issue Upon Which the
Present Presidential Cam
paign is Being Fought.
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.)
If report by the council is un,
animously agreed to by the mem
bers thereof other than the rep
resenta1lves Of one or more of the
parties to the dispute, the mem
bers Of the league agree that
they will not go to war with arr
party to the dispute which com
plies witt. The recommendations
OF tbs rcpor..
II the council fails to reach a
report which is unanimously
agreed to by the members there
Of, other than the representatives
of one or more Of the parties to
the dispute, the members of he
League reserve to themselves the
right to take such action as they
shall consider necessary for the
maintenance Of right and justice.
If the dispute between the par
ties is claimed by one of them,
and is found by the council, to
arise out Of matter which by in
ternational law is solely within
the domestic jurisdiction Of that
party, the council shall so report,
and shall make no recommends
ton as to it's settlement.
The council may in any case
under this article refer the dis
pute to the assembly. The dis
request be made within fourteen
days after the submission Of the
dispute to the council.
In any case referred to the as
sembly, all the provisions of this
article and of article IL relating
to the action and powers of the
council shall apply to the action
and powers Of the assembly, pro-
vided that a report made by the
assembly, if concurred in by the
representatives Of those members
Of the League represented on the
council and Of a majority Of the
other members of the League, ex-
elusive in each case of the other
members OF, the League, exclusive
in each case of the representa-
tives of the parties to the dispute ,,
shall have the same force as a re-
port by the council concurred in
by all the members thereof othei
than the representatives of one or
more Of the parties to the dispute.
Article Is
Should any members of the
League resort to war in disre-
gard Of it's covenants under ar
ticles IL, 10 or Is, it shall ipso
facto be deemed to have commit
ted an act Of war against all other
members of the League, which
hereby undertake Immediately t
subject it to the severance of all
trade or financial relations, the
prohibition of all intercourse be.1
tween their nationals and the ma
tionals Of the covenant breaking
state, and the prevention of all fl
nancial, commercial or personal
Intercourse between the nationals
of the mountaineering state
and the nationals Of any other
state whether a member Of the
League or not
1t shall be the duty of the coun-
Gil in such case to recommend to
the several governments concern
ed what effective military, naval
or air force the members of the
League shall severally contribute
to the armed forces to be used to
protect the covenants Of the
League.
The members of the League
agree, that they will mutually
support one another in the finan-
.ial and economic measures which
ire taken under this article, in or
Ter to minimize the loss and in
resulting from the
Dove measures, and that they
viii mutually support one anoth-
r in resisting any special meas
res aimed at one of their num-
,er by the covenant breaking
tate, and that they will take the
Necessary steps to afford passage
through their territory to the
orces Of any Of the members of
he League which are cooperat-
ng to protect the covenants of
he League.
Any member Of the League
7hich has violated any covenant
f the League may be declared to
e no longer member of the
league by vote of the council
oncurred in by the ro-,wr~o~tn-
ives of all the other members IF
he League represented thereon.
Article IL
In the event Of dispute be-
ween member Of the League
nd state which is not mem
erxof the League, or between
.ates not members Of the League,
10 state or states not members
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