Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-04
ACTION DELAYED
ON AMENDMENT
T0LEACUEPACT
Measure Proposed That All
Sovereign States Should
Become League Members

Geneva. Oct. 4.-(By the Associated
Press)-The assembly of the League
OF Nations today adopted unanimous
~ resolution reported by it's com
mission on amendments, postponinE
consideration of the amendment to
tne league covenant proposed last
year by Argentina. 1t provided tha,
all. sovereign states should automati-
cally become members of the league.
Article is.
Geneva, Oct. A motion intro
duced by Holland at the meeting Of
the League of Nations under Article
le was withdrawn, and Greek
amendment to Article 16, which
would. provide that individual states
would not exercise the right of block
ade until date had been fixed by
the council, was lost
Several amendments proposed by
tne committee were adopted without
modification. The principal changes
made were in the provision for sd.
Journment of blockade by particular r
states, which in the Judgment Of the
council run too great a. risk from a
nelghbor which has violated the COW
enant. An additional clause >stipuIa.-
ed the council would give an opinion
whether a breach Of the covenant had
taken place. and If a. delegate from an
accused state should on such an oc-
caAon be member of the council.
he would be debarred from voting.
The constitutional committee. upon
advice from the council. has decided
to drop the question of increasing the
members OF the council The per-
manent mandates commission con-
vened this morning at the secretar1at
OF the league.
Text of Article 16. ~ Il
.eha. text. Of : a rtiele II assyof..s
+ieasue's covenant as amend led ysunai1-
lmously by the assembly today reads:
should any member of the league
resort to war in disregard to its COW
enants under Articles 12, 13Sor is, ii
snail fpso facto be deemed to have
committed an act Of war against ali
other members of the league, which
hereby undertake imm ediately fo
subject it to the severance of all trad e
or, tina ncial relations, the prohibition
or all intercourse between persons re-
siding in their territory and persons
residing in the territory of the COW
enant-breaking STATE, and the preven-
tlon OF all financial, commercial or
personal intercourse between persons
residing in the territory Of covenant
breaking state and the territory of
any other state, whether member
of the league or not.
1t shall be the duty of the council
to give an opinion whether or not a
breach of the covenant mas taken
place. In the Interpretation of this
question in the council the vote of the
members of the league alleged to
have resorted to war, as Of the mem.
oers against whom such action was
directed. shall not be counted. The
council will notify all members of the
league of the date which it recon-
mends for the application of economic
pressure under this article Never
theless the council may, in the case
of any particu ar member, postpone
the coming into force Of any of the
signatures for a specific period, where
the council is satisfied that such post
ponement will facilitate the attain
ment of the object of the measures
referred to in the preceding para
graph. or tina. it is necessary in order
to minimize the loss and inconven-
ience which will be caused to such
member"
This amended text takes the place
of the first paragraph Of Article is
of the original covenant. ending with
the words whether a member of the
league or not" The last three para
graphs CT the article remain un-
cha n ged