Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-27
SUBJECT OF ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE IS ARTICLE 10 IN
 MUCH DISCUSSED CONTRACT

t 'of tn Assembly, the Council may 1 name additional Members of the League whose Representatives shall [ always be members of the Council; . the Council with like approval may increase the number of Members of the League to be selected by the As sembly for representation on the Council.
 ! The Council shall meet from time to time as occasion may require, and at least once year, at the Seat of the League, or at such other place as may be decided upon.
 The Council may deal at its meet ings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League or affecting the peace of the world.
 Any Member of the League not represented on the Council shall be invited to send a Representative to sit as a member at any meeting of the Council during the consideration of matters specially effecting the in- Iterests of that Member of the League.
 At meetings of the Council, each Member of the League represented on the Council shall have one vote, and may have not more than one | Representative.
 ARTICLE 5.
 Except where otherwise expressly provided in this Covenant or by the terms of the present Treaty, deci- sions at any meeting of the Assem- ply or of the Council shall require the agreement of all the Members .of the League represented at the meeting.
 All matters of procedure at meet ings of the Assembly or of the Council, including the appointment ,of Committees to investigate partic- iular matters, shall be regulated by the Assembly or by the Council and may be decided by a majority of the Members of the League repre- Isented at the meeting.
 The first meeting of the Assembly and the first meeting of the Council shall be summoned by the President of the United States of America.
 ARTICLE G.
 The permanent Sccretariat shall be established at the Seat of the League. The Secretariat shall comprise Secretary General and such secrc- taries and staff as may be required.
 The first Secretary General shall be the person named in the Annex; thereafter the Secretary General shall be appointed by the Council with the approval of the majority of the Assembly,
 The secretaries and staff of the ISecretariat shall be appointed by the Secretary General with the approval of the Council.
 The Secretary General shall act in that capacity at all meetings of the Assembly and of the Council.
 The expenses of the sccretariat shall be borne by the Members of the League in accordance with the Iapportionment of the expenses of the International Bureau of the Uni iversal Postal Union.
 ARTICLE 7.
 The Seat of the League Is cstab- Ilished at Geneva.
 The Council may at any time de- eide that the Seat of the League shall be established elsewhere.
 All positions under or i'll connec- ton with the League, including the Secretariat, shall be open equally to imen and women.
 Representatives of the Members Of ithe League and officials of the League when engaged on the busi- ness of the League shall enjoy dip Ilomatic privileges and immunitics.
 The buildings and other property occupied by the League or its offi- cials or by Representatives attending its meetings shall be inviolable.
 
 ARTICLE $.
 The Members of the League rec ognise that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national ar maments to the lowest point consis- tent with national safety and the en- forcement by common action of in- ternational obligations.
 The Council taking account of thc geographical situation and circum- stances of each State. shall formulate plans for such reduction for the con-