Show COVENANT T BINDS STAT STATES r C S IN PEACE ALLIANCE thirty two nations reach agreement which it Is hoped will put an end to armed conflict MONROE DOCTRINE UPHELD document specifically provides that offices of the league shall be open to women armaments to de be reduced every ton ten years other imbor tant points washington apt april 11 27 the state boude public today the tt text of lie revised covenant of tile of nut loiis us its it its aa presented iteI to till the plenary session M of ill alm pence peace confer tuce lit tt paris ne hit tt text fo follows foxtow itow with parenthetical ShOW 1119 made in the us its drafted und anti public i in ili order HILT to promote to co and to achieve intellino fienco find security by tile the lie ic rep tunce of not it to resort to war by 1 tho the pit of open just glud aud hollo ruble i batmon betwee bot Mon ll nations by 1 the atrin of tile understandings ol of international law us its to actual artile of aninag gov tind find by 1 the outfitter or of justice lilt ilal it respect rot foi til all rent obligations in ili alio lie dealings of pt etolis olis lips etli one lil lother the high coniti contracting all to tills of file league of nations in UK ille original tilt alie last sentence Boitt tiKo read ii doit 1104 constitution of 1111 gree to 0 o tills covenant ARTICLE ONE the iho original n of tile leaggo of nations shall be those of tile the aglia i all which ore limner limned lit in the finnex to this ills anti illse such of elioso other states bained in ili tile annex its aa hall becede without to tills ho he effected rn act il by bv it di do posited deposited with tho the tuil it within two to of tho the col lilliq into force of tin tilt cove coo 7 olli beor hc fre split to all other yein bers of tile tho bengue aw mily self governing state tut tio do or colony riot not callied in tin the nil all hiir acx inny bilay bec oiin it of the ka kaglik glit it if its Is agreed iy ay 1 two thirds liiri ls of tho the provided that it shift synill give IM effective guarantees ct at its intention to observe its and MIMI tie nc dept ns its nm may lio lie proscribed prescribed liy by tho lie bengue lit in regard n it to its fig tand naval foret boicu nil and arma indents any or of the lip bengue inny ann litter after two to notice of its intention so BO to in withdraw front the fill its oh ob und nil fill its is obligations under this covon rint shall lieve been fill fillod at t the flip cole of its tills this Is now new embody ll g 1 I lilt and tile hip old ifil nr tlde VIT VII it provides more the ili ethod of nd new no bors s atrid adds tilt lip new n paragraph providing for froni from the leng tie no mention of wIthdraw id was MIS andr lit in tile lip doann ent I 1 ARTICLE TWO tile the action of f tile the tell lanio it I 1 ider tilix this ho he erfe eted tilt of nn nil bild of council permanent arlot originally his fits nars ris a anit of firth le 1 I it gives the nning to to ill HIP lathering of representative of tile members of ill lengi iv fortner fon lv r n berred to tn merely ns as tile body hod or of let del rante fEn tp q ARTICLE THREE tilt ii I emba shell consist of vent evors of the of tie ho tb ali meet nt at stated inter Is 1 anti anil front from time to ni ng ne nc aslon nin require nt at tile sent ur of ilie or tit nt such other alce pi ice us as any tb be decided upon the ih ni may nui benl tit nt its meet ings with etli tiny matter within the sphere of cof action of the league Rin or affecting tile tho reace pence of the world at meetings of tile assembly tilt wili bly ench each member of tile the league shall have one 1 vote and bilar nia have not more than three depre ARTICLE FOUR the council shall hull consist of depre of tile united ted states of amerlyn Amerl cn cit of tho the british empire of trance france of italy nil and of japan to tether sether with tat ves of four fatir other members of the these four of the league it arno shill lio lie selected elected hy by the assembly front froin ahne to time in its discretion until tile lie appointment of the representatives of it th four members of tile the lenglin first selected by the aR assembly it 11 tires of hall bp be members of ow li council with ith the ap approval p rovia 0 of f the majority of the assembly the council may name additional members to the league hose representatives shall always be members of the council the he council w with like approval tuny inny increase the number of members of the league to bo selected by the for depre on oil tile lio ro blell tim ibo col council lnell stillie meet from tinto time to fline ns as may require and ut tit it least list onie oner it year nt lit tile tho gent bint of tile the ivanue or nt at stich other place us its ani duay lie be decided upon ullon the flip council rally deal tit nt its meet ineat lugs ings with tiny nn etli tile lie of onion of it tile league or gifft eting tank tin file pence clience of tilt orld adv fly member of the lengio riot not rap ri cited on oil tile council shrill bo in cited io i send ti a to sit us its it invin ber tit nt nin ni meeting of the court conn oil ell during Ill ring he c consideration of hiat t rs specialty affecting tile interests of ebat nie or of tile hoague at UK tilt of the liu council each Ine of tile K represented presented on oil file connell have bue b ue one etc vote otc and may not bave b 0 o more than one depre tentative ARTICLE FIVE X heppt crept othe otherwise expressly provided in tills this covenant coe nant tit nt tiny nn ine medline eting of the taip assemble or of tile lie council shall n quire aquire tile lie agree of till nil alif ill nien ibers of the league represented nt fit tin injecting tin list first meeting of tile neinah al and it the first ine eting of tile eoll ocil bp be in by president of tile be united states of Atner ivil ARTICLE SIX the svere shall ie bp nt fit tile of the lie tho coni 11 see reformat general anti ucb such boci soci awl starr as n bilay iiii lie 1 t quil ed the llin clift general shall lie bp ili lie li edson ersoll filin led in the iio annex here tile secretary fioril general ui oril shall 1 bo I APPOInt od by I 1 tilt Cot luell fill tile tit ni of ill lie ot if tile UK he general it all net lit in that lint nt tit till ill or of tile assi inah find of tile col collwell lnell ibo sp oni of 41 the c shall bo be bottle by 1 the Ill embers of ill alic ani up le in accordance wit lh tile ton torment ment of ali the of tilt lio in ill of the tap universal postal union oll mils friits 1 lip I original V lit in tile lip original tile of if if tin arst 9 vile r ill ns le loft ft to ill council aall of tile na inn bority of he file ns vils MII riot not ro re quiren for ARTICLE SEVEN tit alic seat of tile league Is t i I 1 council alloy inn tit nt tiny n tanie decide i lint hat tile hip sent of the leagie shall bu be elsewhere soliero el all positions lon under or in connection lilt ho file bengue including the brint hall be oln equally to trien ill nd boulen Ite present fit ives of the he members of in IV league and clitis of tile ler lingne igue her engri ged on oil tile business of tile lio time eno enjoy orivl egts and I 1 ARTICLE EIGHT UK members of the learue league lecog lize that the maintenance of pence peace tile lie of national ni ar 0 to o tin tile lowest hotst point consistent mill national safety natt nf tt and life enforce lien nent t by 1 ninion co fiction of hi terna lonal obligations tho rou inking account of the situation and circuns tn tives of rich ench sante shall liall formulate penns inns for mich reduction for the con coil find fiction of tho the several stich enill shall lo ile 10 subject to decoll sider roton atlon anti nt at least every itell ten N eara the numbers of nt tile the lengi it agree therit lie manufacture by printe ell ter prise L of 3 anti implement ants of pitr Is open to grave lions the council shall advise ho how tile lie ei evil 11 effects attendant upon such manufacture call be prevented due regard belne being had to the necessities or of tho those se in embers of the ten league gue which tire not able to the lie eimil alons and of war M necessary for their safety the 1 I ho me members niber of the league under take to full nil and frnnk frank in formation a na to the cylc scale of their nr ar their military and naval food tile the condition of such midi of their industries Indu as u ar anre adaptable to burpoe pur poe ARTICLE NINE A permanent commission shall lie constituted to advise the council on tit the execution of the provisions of article ope one and on military and naval unchanged except for the insertion of the bordi orris article ARTICLE TEN ille members of lie league undertake to respect re put tind preserve as ainest external aggression the ter hr 11 tortal integrity and existing political independence of ill all moin bers liers of the league lit in case iso ot of any an such ag aggred grel ecklon ion or lit in case of any nn threat or dunger of such puch aggression the COMM dball advise upon tile the means b which holcli i obligation blizil ho be ful fulfills filli ARTICLE ELEVEN any an mar or threat of war var whether immediately affecting tiny of the members of the league or not la Is hereby declared a mutter matter of concern to the ft whole hole league and the lie league shall take any an that may inny be deemed vise rise mid and effectual to safeguard the tip pence peace of if nations in disc tiny should ailse tile the secret secretory nry general shall hall on the request of tiny any invin ber of the ler igue forthwith summon it meeting meet ins of the council it la is also alko declared declare to lie be the fundamental inen i right lent of each member tuc of tile league to bring to the attention of tin the os or of tile tho council tiny clr cir correcting gionni relations which threatens to its tuil either tit tio pence or the rood good tin nn der standIng ferstanding between nations upon pence depends ARTICLE TWELVE UK tito nien members ibers of tile league agree hint if there should trw between hem nil tiny dispute likely to lend to a rupture nip they lies will all submit the matter litter either to arbitration or to inquiry li by ill tin cou anti and they thes agree in no case came to lo resort it to war until three months after the award by tho the arbitrators or the report by the file council lit in tiny case under tits tills arilde tit the award of tit alie arbitrators shall be made wither athla n reasonable time tind and the report of the counell shall hp be ninde mode within RIK blk months after the submission of ill alio ARTICLE THIRTEEN rhe hi invin members bers of tit the bengue egret that lint lieno vr tiny dispute shall arise them thein which liali they alic r recognize cc cognize tn in ho be suitable for to tion anti exl which haltli cannot bo be settle Lj iv b p hlll V 11 g 11 if it the lie whole liola subject neatter to arbitrio aton disputes ns its to the of n ny as to tiny question or of international law ln ns as to 0 o ill ohp of if rony filet which it if ched would eow statute a baetich of any ii tit nl or us to tho ali tant duill tint ont tire m of ill alie K reparation partition to tn IK he le foi nin fly iueli brench bici idi nio fire 0 dil nicil to lip it choso fildi nip are generally milt abio 10 lo for to arbitration the of tife flip tant they will ha carry cllrk out in ili full good bolth tiny ilu award tint that nun may bo be rendered tind that they will riot not resort to war 11 inel ilber of tile It ligue willell con conr 4 therewith in ili ill alie event of fifty fali tire to stirry cair out such till nil award tile tho conn comi ell shrill propose what lint stops steps should be jakell to give effect thereto ARTICLE FOURTEEN FOUR TErM TI I 1 ec council cconnell shall forniti late and sub alt to the s of the lie bengue rot foi ado litton plans for foi the of it perin arient court of international national jus jas tice ike the court shall lp be competent to hear liehr and determine lilly anny dispute depute of nn nil international character which lilt li the thereto to it tile llie court troy irn also give ran an ad isery opinion upun upon tiny dispute or question referred to it by b the council or ly by the ARTICLE FIFTEEN it there their should arise between acin bers of the longue any dispute II likely to iphil pill to a i upturn rupture which holcli li Is not nit still mih to arbitration ns its above tile Ill embers of tile bengue enrioc that they will all submit tho matter to the cull council ocil any an par pary to the dispute inn fly effect such mith fly giving notice of the exIs existence of the dispute ta t tile secretary general who ho will make sill all necessary arjang for n full hinves ti gatlon and thereof then of in case of success the ahe council shall endeavor to effect it ii settlement of tiny anti if such tire nto a luent input dball bo be made public gluing sudi such flirts facts find exola explanations tilt tho dispute turns of settlement thereof na as tilt co courcell may deem appropriate if the 11 Is riot not settled ett led tile council either unanimously or ir by a majority vote shall inake malio and publish n report containing si it statement of tilt tho fuels facts of tilt dispute and tile the decow which tire ire deci decinti neI just find proper in ili regard thereto agree to avoid war if a report hi by the council Is anant bously agreed to hy by tho the Illel libers thereof other than tile representatives of one or inon of tho the parties bartles to the ill dispute tilt the members of the lie league agree that they will not RO go to war var with any nn party part it to the dispute which leilh toni corn piles with alli recommendations of th the report if the council falls to reach a report which Is unanimous IV agreed to by the members thereof other uther than tile lie representatives of ono one or more of the clity p ties to flip dispute the members of the reserve to themselves tile thu right to take such action as they the shall ahall consider r necessary for the of right find and justice may refer to assembly the council may inny la in any case under this article refer the dispute to the assembly the dispute shall be so re ferer fereri I at the request of either cither party to the flis dispute prowled tit th such request b I 1 matic made within fourteen lays das after the submission of the lie dispute to tile council ARTICLE SIXTEEN should any me of the league resort to war ar in of its covenants nants under articles twelve te lc thirteen or ii fifteen it shall hall ipso facto tie lie deem decin cil to have nn ill act of war against oil all other members of tho the bengue which hereby undertake anime blatch to subject it to the severance of nil all trade or financial relations the prohibition of nil all intercourse intel course between their nationals and the nationals of 0 the covenant breaking state and tile prevention of all financial commercial or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant breaking state tin antl tile nationals of any other state whether tt a member of the league or riot not tt it shall bo be the duty of the council in such case to recommend to the several governments concerned what effective or naval forces the members of lie league shall severally contribute 0 to o the armaments of forces to in be used to protect the covenants of tilt lin lell league gile the members i of tile the league agree further that they will vill mutually ally support one another lit in the financial tint ciul economic in ensures which tire lire taken under tinder tills this article lit in order to the he loss ani resulting from the above measures and that they will mutually support one adoth mother lit in resisting tiny iny special measures unlined at one of their number by tile breaking state and that they chev will take the lie necessary steps to afford passage 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