South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
LEAGUE PLANS TO
GIVE PUBLICITY
TO ALL TREATIES
News-Times Receives Text Of
First Nine Pacts Reg
istered.

Tangible evidence ~ the purpose
81 the League OF Nations 90 give
side publicity TO all treaties has
been received by The News-Timcs IN
the form or the printed text OF the
firss nine treaties registered with
tho League serctariat The frat
number Of this Treaty Series" has
been issued by the League in a IS
page pamphlet as 2 supplement TO
the Leagues Official Journal"
The secretariat takes This means
az performing the duties prescribed
iu article XVIII OF the covenant
which says; Every treaty or in
tcrauon3l engucemeut entered i'm
10 hereafter By any mem Der Of the
league shall be forthwith registered
with the sccretdriat and shall as
soon as possible be published by it.
30 such treaty or iutcrna tiOuaI en-
sagcment shall be- binding uaul so
registered
Objects of Series.
The present collection % treaties
registered by tho secrLtlriat II The
League Cf Nations IN conformity
with inc provisions Of article XVIII
% tAe covenant" SAYS the secretary
general 90 an Introductory memoir
andum win be published periOdi-
cally and has as It's main objects:
I'D The publication II the reg
is.ered lntcrnatiOanl engagements,
as has been prescribed
"(2)-The forming OF a collection
OF the off cial texts OF the treaties,
that shall be easy 20 consult.
"ln publishing this first volume
the secretary general OF the LeaEue
OF Matters desires 20 point ont that;
1.-THE order chosen for the pub
1fca.fon Of international engags-
ments corresponds 20 tho order of
thor registration BY the sccretariat.
Concordance and lGdccs viii &c pub
lished periodically 50 as TO facili-
tate the consultation of the texts.
a translation Of the OF iginal
texts into English and French will
be printed SO as 20 follow the in
tcrnluUnal engagements published
iu other languages"
Moral strength Ia Publicity.
In a statement regarding the reg
istration and publication Of treaties
the Leasue council said: 1T is
hardly necessary 10 dwell on the
importance Of an arrangement
W nrrsh 10y publicity OF treaties and
other international engagementS-
and. as a prelmInar ~ thereto, their
rpFistTauOL--wIil be secured.
Publicity has for a long time
beer considered as source Ct moral
strength in the administration Of
national law IL should equally
strengthen the laws and erga ge-
WCnts which exist between nations
j. viii promote public control. II
viii remove causes fof distrust and
conflict Publicity alone will en-
anle tho League OF Nations 10 eN-
tend a mCral sanction ta the con-
traCtual obligations Of lis members
II VIII. moreover. contribute 10 the
formation OF a clear and indispu-
table system OF international law
Nine TREATIES.
80. I OF the treaty series con-
taius the ENGLISH and French ;ext
OF the following treaties.
M. denmark, Norway and
Sweden
Additional article 10 the monetary
convention May %, 1873. and TO the
supple n.2ntary convention oct l6
1876 scandinavian monetary con
vention). Nav IL. 1920, signed al
Copenhagen May II. 192O-15.
40 Japan and the United
KinsdOm:
Angio-Japaaese declaration. sign
ed az Spa, July 9, 1923
No belgium and the Neither
lands.
Teiegraphic agreement between
The Netherlands and Belgium. sign
cd at Berne. Dec. .. 1875.
No. France and Switzerland:
Provisional convention regulating
the aerial circulation between Swift
zerland and France, signed at Berne
Dec. 2. 1898.
No. 5-Switzerland and the Unit
pd Kingdom:
Provisional convention regulatln:
the aerial circulation between Swift
zerland and Great Britain. dateC
Nov 6. 1919-37.
No. belgium, France, Greece
Italy and Switzerland:
supplementary convention 20 tn
convention Nov. 6, 1855. concernin.
small silver currency Gadn none
tary Unicn), signed ut Paris Marcel
IS. 1905.
swiss-British Pact.
No. 7-Switzerland and the Unit
ca Kingdom:
Extension Of the extradiuOn treer
Nov. 26. 1850 between Switzerland
and Great Britain. 90 the federate
Malay states OF Perak. Selanger
NcEri Seubilan and Pahang Dec
"A. 1918, and July 2, 192o-53.
No. Germany, France, I'll
Netherlands. Poland. Sweden Swtt
Zerland. Czecho-Slovak ia and Tunis
Agreement concerniDe the preser
walton of the establishment OF N
rights OF industrial property affect
ed by the world war signed a
Berne, June so, 1905.
No 9-Bulraria and Greece
Convention between Greece an
Bulgaria respecting reciprocal emil
grafton. signed at Neully- sur-Seln
Nov o.. 1857.
The Netherlands.
Denunciarlon on the part or tn
Netherlands government VI the con