Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-17

and to achieve international peace
and security" This was to be &C
complished. according to the cove
nant. by the nations obligating them
selves not to resort to war: by pre-
scribing open. just and honorable
relations between them; by estab-
fishing international law as an act
ual rule of conduct among govern
ments and by maintaining justice
and a scrupulous respect for all
treaty obligations.
Thirty-two nations were to become
the original members of the League
upon signing the treaty of peace.
These nations as listed in the annex
to the covenant were:
United States of America, Belgium,
Bolivia. Brazil, British Empire. Can
ada. Australia, South Africa, New
Zealand, India. China, Cuba. Ecua-
dor, France. Greece. Guatemala,
Haiti, Hedjaz. Honduras. Italy,
Japan, Liberia, Nicaragua. Panama,
Peru. Poland. Portugal, Rumania,
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Czecho- Slovakia, and Uruguay.
OF the foregoing nations num-
Der. however, have not yet ratified
and signed the peace treaty. Nota-
BILE among these is the United States
which therefore remains outside the
great federation.
Thirteen other nations were in
vited to accede to the covenant and
some of them, notably Spain. have
done so. These nations are: .Argen-
tine Republic. Chilli, Colombia, Dem
mark, Netherlands, Norway. Para
quay, Persia, Salvador. Spain, Swe-
den. Switzerland. and Venezuela.
It is provided in the covenant any
fully self-governing state. dominion
or colony may become a member OF
the League under prescribed condi-
tons. Anw member may withdraw
after two years notice of it's inten-
ton do SO provided that all its in
ternational obligations and all its OBJ
legations under this covenant shall
have been fulfilled"
Geneva was originally selected as
the seat of the League. but some
question has arisen as to whether it
will actually become SO. The first
Secretary General of the League is
Sir James Eric Drummond, of
Great Britain. The League is COM
posed Of a Council and an Assembly.
The Council is composed of repre-
sentatives of the principal Allied and
Associated Powers-Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan. The Unit
ed States Is entitled to membership
in the Council if it ratifies the peace
treaty and agrees to the covenant.
The Council includes also representa-
tives of Belgium. Brazil, Spain and
Greece. The Council as thus con-
stituted today follows:
France, Leon Bourgeois, former
premier: Great Britain, Earl Curzon
of kedleston, foreign secretary; Italy.
Signor Scialoia. foreign minister;
Belgium. Paul Hymans, foreign min
lister; Spain, Count Quinones de
Leon, ambassador to France; Greece,
Eliptherios Zenizelos. premier; ia
pan, Viscount Chinda, ambassador to
Great Britain and BriZal, DR.. Gas
toa da Cunha, ambassador to Farnce
The Assembly is to consist of rep
resentatives Of members of the
League, each member to have one
vote and not more than three repre-
septatives.
The covenant provides that the
Council shall meet from time to time
as occasion may require and at least
once a year. One Of the most i'm
portant duties Of the Council is to
formulate plans for the reduction of
national ornaments to the lowest
point consistent with national safety,
these plans to be submitted to the
several governments for considera-
ton. 1t is provided that when these
have been adopted by the govern
mentS the limits of ornaments thus
fixed shall not be exceeded without
the concurrence Of the Council. A
permanent military and naval COM
mission is to be constituted to advise
the Council on military, naval and
air questions.
The members of the League I'M
dertake in the famous Article X to
respect and preserve as against ex-
ternal aggression the territorial in
tegrity and existing political inde-
pendence of all members. In case
OF aggression, or threat or danger of
it, the Council is to advise in what
way to protect its members.
In case of war or threat Of war the
Council will meet in special session.
Members are pledged to submit mat
ters of dispute to arbitration and not
to resort to war until three months
after the award. Members resorting
to war in disregard Of the covenant
would Immediately be debarred from
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