The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-15

sit as a member at any meeting OF
the Council during the consideration /
Of matters specially affecting the in
terests 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 r have not more tkan one
Repre-. native.
ARTICLE 5
Exccrt where otherwise expressly
prov.dcd III this Covenant or by the
terms Of the present Treaty, decisions
- anv rnaet.ng Of the Assembly or
c. tt Council shall require the agree
n.cnt of all tie Members OF the
Le1rur furrescnted al tie meeting. |
Al matters CT procedure ct meet
ings OF the Assembly or &C the Coun-
eli, including the appointment of
Committees to Investigate particular |
matters, shall be regulated by the
Assembly or by the Council and may
be decided by majority of the Mem
bers of the League represented at the
meeting.
The first meeting of the Assembly |
and the first meeting CT the Council
shall be summoned by the President
of the United States of America.
ARTICLE
The permanent Secretariat shall
be established at the Seat of the
League. The Secretariat shall COM
prise Secretary General and such
secretaries and staff as may be re-
quired.
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
Secretariat shall be appointed by the
Secretary General with the approval
of the Council.
The Secretary General riall act in
that capacity at all me N 5 cf the
Assembly and of the Council.
The expenses of the ty;'riat
shall be borne by the Neu-css ~
League in accordance " .th the - |
porticnment Of the expenses OF tn, |
international Bureau OF the Univer-l
sal Postal Union.
ARTICLE
The Seat of the League is esta5-
Eshed at Geneva.
The Council may Il any time de-
eide that the Seat CT tie League shall
DC established elsewhere.
All positions Under OF in connec |
ton with the League, including the
Secrctariat, shall be open equally t |
men and women.
Representatives of the Members of
the League and officials Of the
League when engaged on the business
of the League shall enjoy diplomatic
privileges and immunities.
The buildings and other property
occupied by the League or it's officials
or by Representatives attending its
meetings shall be inviolable.
ARTICLE 8
The members of the League recog~
nize that the maintenance of peace
requires the reduction of national
armaments to the lowest point con-
sistent with national safety and the
enforcement by common action of in
ternational obligations.
The Council, taking account of the
geographical situation and circum-
stances of each State, shall formulate
plans for such reduction for the con-
sideration and action of the several
Governments.
Such plans shall be subject to re-
consideration and revision at least
every ten years.
After these plans shall have been
adopted by the several Governments,
the limits of ornaments therein fixed
shall not be exceeded without the
concurrence of the Council.
The Members of the League agree
that the manufacture by private en-
terprise of munitions and imple-
ments of war is open to grave OBJ
jections. The Council shall advise
how the evil effects attendant upon
such manufacture can be prevented,
due regard being had to the necessi-
ties of those Members of the League
which are not able to manufacture
the munitions and implements of war
necessary for their safety
The Members of the League under
take 10 interchange full and frank
Information as to the scale of their
ornaments, their military, naval and
air programmes and the condition of
such of their industries as are adapt
able to war-like purposes.
ARTICLE 9
A permanent Commission shall be
constituted TO advise the Council on
the execution of the provisions Of
Articles ] and 8 and on military, ma
val and air questions generally.
ARTICLE 10
The Members of the League under
take to respect and preserve as
against external aggression the terri