The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-10-25
ARTICLE X


HE TENTH ARTICLE of the Covenant of the League of
Nations is short containing but two sentences, yet of
all the malgn attacks against the League majority
have been directed against msrepre
sentalon and downright mendacy majority has been
corning this article and is about this article
the popular misconcepion the League purposes
centers
What, then, is the meaning intent o Article
The first sentence involves principles which
have been professed if not followed by o-caed
Christian Nations for many years,
One expressed in the commandment Thou STEAL
can party attempting to prevent the American people
taking responsible part in
purpose Of applying these principles
equivalent to saying that has with the rights
small nations that territory stolen that
hand to prevent of conquest the invasion
peoples that it happens long
it does not directly affect pecunary country
and the Republican party. Is not admirable creed?
OF the manly criticisms Article principal
the first of which that the article permanently
the present boundaries all the nations
the boundaries political the
igning of the Covenant would be
Slong the League in existence An examination of the
text does not warrant any such construction
"The members of the League undertake O respect
and preserve against external aggression the terri
tcra integrity existing political independence of
all members of the League"
This sentence of twenty prom
ise and only two and they very definitely
limited The Century Dictionary defines the
stinn1ations to nerforn or exacute Tbanafo tb i
the Covenant of the League Nations obigate
do two things in connection with the territorial integrity d.
Wilderness the country political independence
other members The first that they respect
two things That is, in blunt English, they promise
themselves steal any territory any member
of the League interfere with its political independence
Surely this promise which should not be difficult
United States to keep. The obligation
preserve The members of the promise
they will not interfere in to take the territory
other member change its political independence they
also should be to keep others from doing
the thing
If this promise qualified would mean Just as its
enemies claim that the present boundaries
political divisions would have to be
there is qualification, and very important which
obligation just danger member nations
which all the protect them
ton is in the four words against external
Aggression ATTACK assault INVASION encroacmen"
is against this alone that the promise preserve
internal troubles OF member nation of the
rebellion civil
point where they liable to affect the peaceabe
nations. There put on any peaceabe
combination disposition OF territory changing
It against
and forcbe overthrow of
League promise protect that alone
is in connection with the sentence in Article X
the enemies of the League, perhaps
with their sophry. is claimed sentence
Council OF the the the
members regard what they should became
necessary act for the preservation OF The
sentence reads:
of any such aggression, n case of any
threat danger of such aggression. the Council
advise upon the means by which the obligation
DO fulfilled"
No loopholo open sentence as 10 what sort
be considered distinctly
vous words, aggression aggres-
which external and for the purpose taking
destroying political independence. And what is it
Council is given to do in the event OF condition which
unlikely occur? Merely to advise The popular
standing Of the word advise 10 make
the in which it used it would still
nothing making Objectionable
w the States action by the Council having
lnmous not even recommendation could be made against
& he of The representative r. = United States
But word advise also deliberate: take
honght; consider reflect uh counsel; join others