natories may, in accordance with agreements previously concluded, bring to the assistance of a given State which is the victim of aggression the whole or such part of their military, naval and air forces as they may consider necessary. The agreements mentioned above shall be registered and published through the instrumentality of the Council of the League of Nations. They shall be open to all States Members of the League who may desire to accede thereto. ARTICLE 15 The signatory States consider, in accordance with the spirit of the present Protocol, that the whole cost of any military, naval or air operations undertaken for the repression of an aggression under the terms of the present Protocol, as well as the reparation of all material damage caused by the operations and of all losses suffered by civilians or members of the military forces, should be borne by the aggressor State up to the extreme limits of its financial capacity. Nevertheless, in view of Article 10 of the Covenant, the application of the sanctions mentioned in the present Protocol shall not affect the territorial integrity or political independence of the aggressor State. ARTICLE 16 The undersigned Members of the League of Nations undertake to participate in an International Conference for the Reduction of Armaments which shall be convened by the Council of the League and which shall meet at Geneva on Monday, June 15th, 1925. All States nonmembers of the League of Nations shall be invited to take part in the Conference. Ratifications of the present Protocol must be deposited at the Secretariat of the League not later than May 1st, 1925. Unless the majority of the Members of the League permanently represented on the Council and ten other Members of the League have deposited their ratifications by May 1st, 1925, the Secretary-General of the League shall cancel the invitations to the Conference. The entry into force of the present Protocol shall be suspended until a scheme for the reduction of armaments has been adopted by the Confer ence. In view of the convening of the Conference, the Council, taking into account the undertakings mentioned in Articles 12 and 14 of the present Protocol, shall draw up a general program for the reduction of armaments which shall be laid before the Conference and communicated to the Governments two months before the Conference meets or earlier if possible. If within a time limit which shall be fixed by the Conference, the scheme for the reduction of armaments has not been carried out, it shall be the duty of the Council so to declare. In consequence of such declaration the present Protocol will lapse. The conditions in which the Council may declare that the scheme drawn up by the International Conference for the Reduction of Armaments has not been carried out, and that in consequence the present Protocol has lapsed, shall be defined by the Conference itself. Any Member of the League of Nations which has not within the time limit fixed by the Conference conformed to the scheme adopted by the Conference shall not be admitted to benefit by the provisions of the present Protocol. ARTICLE 17 All differences relating to the interpretation of the present Protocol shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice. ARTICLE 18 The present Protocol shall not affect in any manner the obligations arising out of the Covenant. Supplementary Resolution to be submitted to the Assembly. The Council is requested to constitute a small Committee of Experts for the purpose of drafting the amendments to the Covenant provided for in the Protocol. COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS PROTOCOL FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT DRAFT TREATY OF LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE Published by WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston Price, 5 cents per number Double number, 10 cents The corporation is constituted for the purpose of educating the people of all nations to a full knowledge of the waste and destructiveness of war, its evil effects on present social conditions and on the well-being of future generations, and to promote international justice and the brotherhood of man; and, generally, by every practical means to promote peace and good will among all mankind.-By-laws of the Corporation. It is to this patient and thorough work of education, through the school, the college, the church, the press, the pamphlet and the book, that the World Peace Foundation addresses itself.-Edwin Ginn. The idea of force can not at once be eradicated. It is useless to believe that the nations can be persuaded to disband their present armies and dismantle their present navies, trusting in each other or in the Hague Tribunal to settle any possible differences between them, unless, first, some substitute for the existing forces is provided and demonstrated by experience to be adequate to protect the rights, dignity and territory of the respective nations. My own belief is that the idea which underlies the movement for the Hague Court can be developed so that the nations can be persuaded each to contribute a small percentage of their military forces at sea and on land to form an International Guard or Police Force.Edwin Ginn. *Incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, July 12, 1910, as the International School of Peace. Name changed to World Peace Foundation, December 22, 1910. WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION PAMPHLETS Published by WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 MT. VERNON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Single numbers, 5 cents. Sample copies on request. Quantity rates vary with cost of production. General Secretary, Edward Cummings. Corresponding Secretary and Librarian, Denys P. Myers. A POPULAR DISCUSSION OF THE PROTOCOL, BY JUSTICE JOHN H. CLARKE 509 510 512 514 In full accord with our Senate of 1919 and with our Government to-day 515 The great conception. . 516 THE PROTOCOL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS, BY PRESIDENT A. LAWRENCE LOWELL 518 What outlawry of war means 518 THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS (with amendments in force on 528 PROTOCOL FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES, 543 TENTATIVE DRAFT OF A TREATY FOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS, approved by the Executive Committee of the League to Enforce Peace, New York, April 11, 1918 554 The contents of Parts I and II was as follows: PART I INTRODUCTION What the Protocol Does, by Manley O. Hudson 391 I. PROTOCOL FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES 401 Resolutions adopted by the Fifth Assembly, October 2, 1924. . . . 410 |