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MEDFORD, OH KG ON, MtlDAY, miillUMlY 14, 1919
NO. 277
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FOURSTATES
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri Experience Worst Winter
Storm In Years Five Feet of Snow
Falls Driven Bv SO Mile Gale-
Train Service Paralyzed and Wires
All Down Storm Continues Una-
bated.
MNCOIN. Nel.. Fob. 14. Tho
dorm which iwopt tha greater part
or 'NobraKka tliruotil yesterday von
tlimoil last nlKhl with Increasing 1 i
tonally In omo section. Lalo nil'
vice la railroad tiuniliunrtrit I ml I
ulod thn utorm was growing mora
violent In central Nebraska. Bnow
continued to full In tho Into after
noon. roHchliiR n depth of five foot In
noma nluren. Tolograph ' nnd lolo-
nhotio wire were down In overy dir
ection. A flfty-flvo mile sale wm
blowing and tha (now drifting badly.
Knvi-ral Burlington train Imva been
imnullod.
rifly-Mlln (into
KANSAS CITY, Kali. H. Tho
loweal baromotorlo nroiouro tho
aniilhwoBl ha experienced In thirty'
ono yen prevailed I tut nlgbt, nc
companlod by a flfty-mllo Kale thru
out Kansa. Oklahoma. Nebraska and
part of Mlioiourl. It wn atatod nt tho
Kanan city offlio of mo unitou
rllutea weather bureau. Thla condl
Hon wa accompanied by rain, anow
and alcol with tbo tempernturo Rrad
ually dropping.
Itallrnad, tultmrnph and telephnna
orvlce thruout Knnana and Nobraaka
la almoit comptiiluly-douiurallxod by
anow.
All Train Cancelled
' DENVBIt. Colo.. Feb. 14. The
hlluard which haa boon raging In
woatorn Kansas and Ncbraakn for
two duy continued unabated today,
according to oarly reporta received
In Denver, (lonornl weather condi
tion In the storm area, which now
appear to bo about fifty miles In
width, woro unchanRod, nltho tolo
Rraph, tolephono and railroad offlc
bit 'wore hopeful that tho alorm
would broak somo tlmo today.
Alt Iralna from tho oaat on the
l'n Ion Pacific, the Itock Inland and
Ihe. Burlington road hnvo bvon an
nulied, no train from tho eaat bav
in it arrived In Donvor riurliiR tho tnat
twenty-four houra, Tho Union I'n
clfli! main lino I blocked about nlne-ty-flvo
mle oaat of North I'latto,
Nob., and trnna-continontat train aro
tied up. On tho Konaa City lino of
tho Union I'aclfle, two tralua, both
from Knuaa City, at stalled at Hn
aull, Kn.
' Deep Hnmvdrlft
Tho now which accompanlod tho
high winds ha drifted In tho deep
cut west of Ituaaell nnd Kills. Kim.,
and movliiR of trains la an Impoasi
blllty. Tho Simla Fo Una I Hod up,
several train from tho onat being
hold at limine City. Kns., until tho
weather clears.
Ueporln to tho Postal Tolegrnph
company howod tho condition In
the weHtorn nacllon of Kansas nnd
Nebraska to bo as sorlon toduy a
yentorday. All wlrCB to tho east aro
down. Wonthor I ho sovoro llnomcn
nro unablo to work. A corps of tolo
Rrnph operutor tin been sent from
Omaha to North Platto to handle tho
custom business, and mesanReB aro
Ihon bolng despatched by train to
Omaha. This has provod unantlafac
tory, howovor, bocnuso of tha Inabil
ity of tho trains to get thru tho storm
nron.
Similar condition nro reportod by
tho Woatorn Union nnd tho Mountnln
State Telephone nnd Telogrnph com
pany. Monger communication wns
established Inst night but continued
only a short tlmo.
25,000 ALIENS
LONDONl, Fob, 1'4. til tho hniiBO
of commons tddny; Edward Shortt,
homo Bcoroturyfl stated that tho gen
eral repatriation of alien onoiuloa In
tho United Kingdom Was bolng enr
rlod out ns far as shipping pofmlltod.
Ovor six thouHnlld hnd been ropntil-
iitod lneo tho,' armistice. At tho
jirCHonL tlmo 18,000 enemy clvlllnna
nro Interned In tho Unltod Kingdom.
Winston Sponcor Churchill Btntod
that a. commltloo wn conuldorlnK
tho quciitlon of onnlilltipt ralntlven In
'vlu.lt ginvos In I'nmco and Flandors.
Portuguese
Republic
Restored
LO.SHION, Fob.' 14. TliO ioo-
iilfl of Onorto. siinnortod by ro-
publican (orciiH, havo rostorod
tho republic In northern Portu-
Kill, according to a I.UIion din-
patch received by tho I'orlu-
Kiiose luiiatlnn. I'ava Cou-
vliiro, th ii roynllHt dictator, ha
boon arrested.
.
BUTTE MACHINISTS
DESERT STRIKERS
1UTTK. Mont.. Feb. 1 . Hullo s
strike of minors entered it second
week loilnv mill I lie Inst -I hours has
not recorded nil wl of viulenvc. 113
enrding I" reports lo militiirv m. J
police authorities. The first defection
in the rank' of those who. have either
joined tint siriko or endorsed the
iniiveiiieiil, took pliico Into Inst night,
when Ihe iiiuchinistH' union voted to
return to work.
The iiiiH'hiniMlH voted lout Mondnv
In toko n three. diiv Inv off in kviiipiI'
Hiv with the Unite Metal .Miners' un
ion (iiiili'peuiU'iiU nnd I lie Metal Mine
Worker Industrial I iron -No. UU I
W. W. who tire striking Ii. protest
against thn reeetil Tilt in wages in
eniiiier mines here of ! n ilav. He
.ides those iiiiieliiiiiHU nt the mines
who unit work. IIiom? enmliived lit a
local iron workn nlso reninined nwav
front work Tuemlnv, Wedneailnv nnil
Thui-wluv. The enriiciilem tnliled a
mi I ii in to eiidorxe the Nlrike nt their
meetitii: IiikI niulit nnd refui-ed lo M-nd
a deli-uate lo Ihe Soldiers'. Sailors'
and Workers' council, which in con
diietini: Ihe strike.
M'nior (leiiernl John V. Morrison.
coiiiiniiiiiiiint tlie western department
of the iirmv. who arrived in Hut to last
iiiulil. was lodav iniikni'.' un investi-
untioii of the local lnbor situation.
I tit it (lenenil Morrison has com
pleted Iiik iuveliL'iitions. it was said
lodav. future action or the militiirv in
llutte will he confined lo nssistini; in
iniiinttiininir law nnd order.
ELECT
PHONE
SAX KltANClSfO. Feb. M.Tliree
Ihoiisand electricnt workers nnd ten
tluiusaiid telenhono operators utlil
intcit with the International llrotlier-
hood of Kleetrieul Workers in I nli
fornin, Wnshiimlon, Oreijon and Ne
vndn, are Inkinii u refermiduin vote
on n strike for a recounition of their
ornniziilions hv Postmaster tlencriil
lliirlcson nnd for various wnuo in
erenses, L. l Cirasser. vico president
of tho iiiteriiuliniial nruanir.ntioii an-
noimeed here lodav. 1 ho vole wns to
bo cimvnssod on February 21, (iras
ser said.
"To ditto Postmaster General lliir
lcson has failed to reetmni.o our or
uitiii.utiniis, or lo lake comiixunco of
I ho demands wo hnvo plneod with the
eompiiiiies under his iurisdielion for
wniro increases," Cirasser said.
Tho strike situation in the ship
yards nnd contract shops in Alamcdu
county nnd the contract shops here
look n new turn today when Ihe Cal
ifornia Melal Trades association, the
oritiini.nlion of employers, announc
ed it would deal with tho men only
nl'ler Ihev have returned to work.
and throulth the San Francisco Iron
Trades Council alone.
Tho Oakland hoilermnkors nro to
meet toniulil. for Hie nnnounccd pur-
nose of nressinir their demnnds Hint
tho employers meet directly wilh the
strikers.
ANTI - BOLSHEVIK
PLOT AT MOSCOW
LONDONl, Fob. 14, Another null
nolshovlk "conspiracy" has boon (11b
onyorod In Moscow, nccordlag to a
HiiBBlan wlroloBB mossiiKO , received
horo today. Tho loaders, Including
Mine. 'Maria Splrldonovo, hnvo boon
nrrestod.
SENATE PASSES
PAVING BILLS
I
After Two Davs of Fiery Debate and
Denunciation of Patent Pavlnu
Monopoly, Opposition to Thomas
Lachmunil Measures Collanses and
Bills Pass By Vote of 21 to 9.
SAI,Kf, Feb. 14. Crumpled be
neath Ilia weight of proven accusa
tion and tho aroused public senti
ment that ha been dovoloplng at the
capltol recently, tho paving combine
yielded yoalorday bofora the terrific
onslaught of honeal politics and In
cenaod Juatlco. It waa Just before
tho hour of six that Its second
thnao aenntnra who have worn tho
color of tho trust threw up tho
apoiigo. Dut tho knockout blow was
delivered and came In tho shape of a
vote of 21 vole for the flrat paving
bill considered, to only nine against
Final action was after 10 hours of
actual fighting tlmo, dating from 2
o'clock Wednesday.
Volo I'lsm If 111m
Ily a turn In. tho parliamentary
maneuvers of tho supporters of the
bill tho volo was directly on pasiige
of the antl-lrual paving measure and
not on a substitution of tha minority
for the majority report. It resulted
as follows:
Ay c Iluldwln. nimlck. Gberhard
Kddy, Farroll. GUI. Howell. Huston
l.acbmund, LnFollett. Moser, Nickel.
son. I'attcrBon, Pierce. Porlor, Smith
of Cooa nnd Curry, Smith of Jose-
phlno, Struyer, Thomas, Wood, Vin
ton. Noe Bank, Dell, Ilandloy, Hur
ley, Jone, Norblad, Orton, Itltner,
Shanks.
Tho othor three paving 1)111 fol
lowed for paaaago and slnca most of
tho opposition bad loft the- senate
chamber there wns no dissent.
Consolidation leml
The consolidation program, by
which It was hoped that the number
of slate officials In Oregon would be
much diminished by the merging of
various departments. Ib a dead Issue,
so far as tho mi's legislative session
is concerned, proponent of the plan
admitted today. The bill which con
stituted tho structure of the program
havo been withdrawn by their auth
ors. "l)y tho treatment accorded tho
hills It was apparent that tho house
was In no mood to handle the pro
gram." said Representative Idleman,
ono of the proponents of the mea
sures. Itogiio ltlvcr Fish 1111
Tho Rill netlcrs Rogue rlvor fish
ing bill wns passed by tlo house. It
forbids tho use of any solne or Rill
not having a mosh smaller than
elRht and one-hnlf Inches. In offect
this will do away with seine fishing
and ovorrlucs tho vote of the people
at tho last general election.
Tho legislature, In Joint session
was addressed today by Samuel Hill,
woll-known hlghwuy bulldor of the
northwest, In support of the proposed
ltoosevelt highway. A bill providing
$2,500,000 for co-operation with the
federal government In construction
of tho highway Is pending In the leg
Islature.
L
TO BE PROVIDED BY
PAIMS, Feb. I I. An official com
munication issued lust evenlns savs
"The ciuhlh merlins of the eommis
sion on inleriiiitional labor leislation
was held this morniiiff under the pres.
idenev of Samuel Gompers. The ar
lieles of (lie llritish draft dealiiu:
with the establishment of the interna
tional labor office were adopted. It
was nurccd thai the office should
have an in I oinn liimnl stuff and (hut
its duties will Include tho collection
and distribution of intnrmation on al
subjects relatins to the international
adiiistmciit ot the conditions ot ill
diistvial life, labor and employment
and that it will undertake nnv special
iiivcstieutinti ordered bv .the confer
ence. 11 will also issue n journal
denlins with Ihe problems' of inquiry
and employment which nro of inter
national interest,
"It wns also decided ns to how the
expenses of Ihe eon Terences nnd the
uoverninc body miould bo met.
"The commission then commenced
the examination of tho articles deal
inir with Ihe procedure of tho interna
I ion ii 1 conference nnd reached Article
17 of tho ilral'l."
AIMED AT TRUS
CONSTITUTION OF PROPOSED
LEAGUE OF NATIONS READ
PEACE MEETING BY WILSON
Peace Foundation Laid
PAIMK. Feb. H. (By the A'sio-
ciated Press.! The plenary. cssion
of Ihe pcui'O conference to bo held in
llie'faniims clock room of the forcitii
office this afternoon may mark liie
conclusion of the first, iind probably
the most important pliiise of the work
of the world's urentest international
tialheriiiL'. Suliieels of ereat imporl-
unce me slill lo come before subse-!
ipient mcetiiics, but in the opinion ot
oiialil'ied students of Hie history or
other conferences, the adjournment
of today's session will reveal that the
foundation of ibd settlement of nil
(motions thai will follow has been
laid. ')- : , . : .. , ...
The view taken liv many dclc-ates
earlv in the oenferenee was thai near
ly every important sullied to be ad
justed depended for satisfactory set
tlement upon the Mn-ietv of nations,
which Ihe conference pledged itself
nt the outset to or.'nuirp. Thus it
became the custom lo eive a patient
henrine to everybody who came to i
SEErt PRETENSE TO
IE
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 14. -A
tonae feeling pervaded the Tacoma:
Labor Temple this morning, and de
velopments are expected momentar
ily that. will reBUMVIudetlnlte action
of the .Metal Trades strike committee'
on the latest telegram from Chair
man Charles Pie of the Emergency
Fleet corporation It was announced
by strikers today.
It was reported from various un
ion quarters this morning that some
of tho conservative members of the
bollcrmakerB union have begun send
ing out literature urging an inose
who aro In favor of asking a new
charter to declare themselves. If this
move materializes. It was pointed out
today It may mean that all boiler
makors In Tacoma aligned under the
new charter will return to their jobs
Irrespective of the persistent refusal
of the radical element to even con
sider a move to go back on the job. -:
Tho strike committee is debating:
plans which wore laid before Mayor
C. M. Klddell at a meeting in the
bitter's office Thursday afternoon.
It Is expected the result ot the strike
committee's meeting this morning
may bo a termination of the shipyard
strike tn Tacoma.
REPORT REVOLT
LONDON. Feb. 1-1. Reports; of
rebellion in Kumnniu hnvo been cur
rent for nearly a month with vnrvinsc
details, but nil havo emanated from
German 'or Austrian sources nnd have
not beeji eonfired by advices from
disinterested points. The Kumaninii
location, here knows nolhinir of nnv
outbreak and does not attack nnv im
portance to rcprost received vester
dav from Berlin. ... . ' .
The locution, however, savs that it
has known for mnnv months that tter
mnn nnd liussitin Bolshevists, nmplv
supplied with money, have been work
inc in liumnnia trvincr to brine about
nun it'll v and overthrow Ihe dynasty.
10 FINANCE
NEW ENTERPRISES
T.ON'DON, Feb. 14. In a reply to a
proposed amendment to tho reply to
tho nddrcss from tho throne succest-
ine the stimulation of national under-
tnkimrs throushout the empire m
fields of production too Inrsre for in
dividual enterprise in tho house of
commons lodav, vaptam luuerv
member for South Hirminahnm,
speakimr on behalf of .the coveriunent
sa;d the nntinn was npproachinr tho
limits of ordinary methods of ervenue
and ndded that it wns ndvisnblo to
lnriniro whether n system of pifrtnor.-
ship with industry is not feasible. Lie
said that this plan might .create new
sources of wonllh. where 'individual
enterprise misHit not bo tempted, to
vonluro. - - Ui.
RESUiV
Poris iii present their claims of op
ntcsseil and dissatisfied peoples, anil
then refer the claims for justice to
the society of nations to be created.
One prominent delccafe explains
that the conference took the position
that to undertake to ndiudicnlc nil
r-on f lie t inir claims would be equiva
lent to creatine a court nnd endenvor-
inc in the act, croii t inir it, to dispose
of every possible case Hint might
come before it for decision,
While the ereat project of a society
of nations is under consideration bv
the various snvemmenls represented
ut Hie conference preliminary to the
vole, the conference HiroiiL'h its com
missions, is expected lo prepare n
ureal mass of Uniterm I relating lo the
various subjects that will make up
the docket on the soc-etv.
As soon ns the conference has re
lieved itself of this burden it is ex
pected to adjourn sine die. It has
been said bv u liiuhlv competent au
thority that the 'lute of adjournment
will be about June 1.
LONDON'. Feh. 14. Industrial
questions in (treat Britain are at this
time niiikiiur the pence conference nnd
world reconstruction merely minor
issues. The demands of miners and
railway men' with-; the hieh cosf of
food nnd other problems of domestic
reconstruction command chief atten
tion from the newspapers nnd the
vetcrun lulior lenders. William Ilrnce
and J, II. Thomas, told the house of
commons that the country wns eon-,
fronted bv the most serious crisis in;
recent history if these problems nro
not dealt with immediately.
Fvdlowini the decisions of the Min
ers' Federation to call for a strike
ballot, the federation Jius issued nn
official reply to the uovenituent s
statement resrardinir the miners'
claims.. This document ohnrcrcs the
sovernmcnt with trying to turn public.
opinion against the miners and re
fuses, to accept the data upon which
the government based its offer of a
shilling- u day increase in wages. It
savs that the miners' demand for n
30 per cent increase with a six hour
dnv is designed to raise their" stand
ard of living nnd not solely to meet
Ihe increased cost of living.
These points are supported by lone
arguments, while the demand for nn
tionnlir.ation of the mining industry
forcibly reiterated.
ATTEMPT TO BOMB
4J.C.A. AT
HOfGI.AS. Aril.. Feb. 14. Alert
ness On the part of the military po
lice today probably saved the-Doug-lus
Y. XI. IV A. building from being
blown up bv a bomb filled with ni
tre glycerine. '
The bomb was found under n small
inc. The clock on the bomb was set
for 10:3(1 and it wns only n few min
utes before that hour that the in
fernal mnehine was found. Whether
tho bomb was intended for tho Y. M.
C.A. Kas not been leurneit, but mem
bers of the military police nnd nt-
taclics of the department of justice
snv the association building and
those in the immediate vicinity would
have bden wrecked.
NO MARTIAL LAW
PROBABLE IN BUTTE
I1UTTE, Mont., Feb. 14. Mayor
W. H. Mnlouoy, following a confer
ence with Major General John F.
Morrison , today, stated that for the
present there would be no martial
law In llutte. General Morrison Is
sued no statement..
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Final
legislative" action on tbo war revenue
bill, , 'levying. s:x billions in tuxes this
your" and four billions yearly there
after until revised wns taken yester
day Hv-thq senate. Hv a record vote
aiul'wiill onlv n few scnttoring "noes"
tho coiiferencoi agreement on tho
measure wns adopted ns approved
last. Snhirdnv hv tho house. Formal
approval of tho bill bv the president
is regarded us assured.
OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
BRITAIN. FRANGE, ITALY AND JAPAN
Constitution Provides for a Meetina at Least Once a Year at Whatever
' Place. Mav Be Desiqnated While Permanent Offices With Secretariat
Are Maintained Any Matter Affecting Peace of World or Other Scope
of League Will Be Dealt With Constitution Rear! to Conference.
PARIS, Feb. 14. The; executive,
council of the proposed League ot
Nations, a outlined In the covenant
read by President Wilson today will
consist of representatives of the
United States, Great Britain, France,
Japan and Italy, together with repre
sentatives of four other states.
- The council shall meet as often as
Is necessary but at least once a year
at whatever place may be designated.
Any Matter within the scope of action
by the league or affecting the peace
of the world would be dealt with.
' Head by Wilson
At the plenary session of the pre
liminary peace conference this after
noon at 3:30 p. m. President Wilson,
as chairman of the commission on
the League of Nations, will read and
explain the following report:
"Covenant preamble In order to
promote International cooperation
and to secure International peace and
security by the acceptance of obliga
tions not to resort to war, by the
prescription of open, just and honor
able' relations between nations, by
the firm establishment of the. under
standing uf International 'law as the
actual rule of conduct among govern
ments and by the maintenance of
justice and a scrupulous respect tor
all treaty obligations in the dealings
bt organized peoples -with one anoth
er, the powers signatory to this co
venant adopt this constitution of the
League of Nations:
Proposed Constitution
"a Article I. The action of the
high contracting parties under the
terms of this covenant shall be ef-
fected thru the instrumentality of a
meeting of a body of delegates repre
senting the high contracting parties
ot meetings at more frequent Inter
vals of an executive council and a
permanent International secretariat
to be established at the seat of the
league. .
Article II. Meetings of the body
ot delegates shall be held at stated
intervals and from time to time as
occasion may require tor the purpose
of dealing with matters in the sphere
of action of the league. Meetings of
the bodies of delegates shall be held
at the seat ot the league or at such
other place as may be found conven
ient and shall consist ot representa
tives of the high contracting parties.
Each of the high contracting parties
shall have one vote, but may have
not more than three representatives.
Executive Council
"Article III. Tho executive coun
cil shall consist ot representatives ot
tho United States of America, the
British empire, France, Italy and
Japan, together with representatives
of four other states, members of the
league. Selection of these four states
shall be made by the body of dele
gates on such principles and' in such
manner as they think fit.
"Pending the appointment of these
representatives of the other states,
representatives (blank left of names)
shall be members of, the executive
council.
"Meetings ot the council shall be
held from time to time as occasion
may require, and at least once a.yeur
at whatever place may be decided on,
or tailing any such decision at the
seat of the league, and any matter
within the sphere ot action of the
league or affecting the peace ot the
world may be dealt with at such
meetings.
"Invitations shall be sent to '.nnv
power to attend n meeting of the
council at which such matters directly
affecting its interests are to bo dis
cussed and no decision taken nt any
meeting will bo binding on such pow
ers unless so invited.
Permanent Secrctnrlot
"Article IV. All matters of pro
cedure at meetings of the body of del
egates or the executive council, in
cluding tho appointment of commit
tees to investigate particular matters
shull bo regulated bv tho body of
delegates or tho executive council nnd
mnv bo decided bv n majority of the
states represented at tho meeting.
"The first meeting of tho body of
delegates nnd of tho executive council
shall be summoned bv the president
of Hie Firted States of America.
"Article V. The permanent sccrc
turiut of tho Ictiguq till till bo cstub-
TO
lished nt (blank) which shall consti
tute the sent of the league. The sec
retariat shall comprise such secretar
ies ond stntf as mav be reouireil un
der the general direction nnd control
of a secretary general of the league,
who shall be chosen bv the executive
council; the secretariat shall be ap
pointed by the secretary general,
subject to confirmation bv the execu
tive council. . ,
"The expenses of the secretariat
shall he borne bv the states mem
bers of ie lengue in accordance with
Hie apportionment of the expenses of
the international bureau of the uni
versal postal union.
, Diplomatic Privileges
"Article VI Keprcsentntives o
the high contracting parties and of
those of the league, when engaged in .
the business of the league.- shall en
joy diplomatic privileges and immuni
ties and the buildings occupied by tho
league or.itg officials or bv represen
tatives attending the: meetings shall
enjoy the benefits of extra-territor-iulitv.
."Article''' VTT Admission" toj""tIiq"
league of nations not signatories to -the
covenant nnd not named in tl0
xirotocnl hereto ns stated to be in
vited to adhere to the covenant, re
quires the assent of not less than two
thirds of the states represented in. tho
body of delegates and shall be limited
to fully self-governing countries, in
cluding dominions and colonies.
"Xo state shall be admitted to the
league unless it is nble to give effec-
j tive guarantee's of its sincere inton
tion to observe its international ob
ligations nnd unless it shall conform
to each principle lis may be 'prescrib
ed by the league in regard to its naval
and military forces nnd armaments.
National Armaments .
"Article VIII The high contract
ing parties recognize the principle
that the maintenance of peace will re
ouire the reduction of national arma
ments to the lowest point consistent
with national safety and the enforce
ment bv common netion' of interna
tional obligation, having special re
gard to the geographical situation nnd
circumference ot each state: and tho
executive council shall nlso determine
for the consideration nnd action of
the several governments what ..-military
enuipment nnd armament is fair .
nnd reasonable in proportion to tbo
senlo of forces laid down in the pro
gram of disarmninent nnd those limits
when adopted shall not be exceeded
without the permission of the execu
tive council.
- Limit Munition Sinking ' '
"The high contracting parties agree
that the manufacture bv provincial
enterprises of munitions and imple
ments of war tends itself to crave ob
jections nnd direct the. executive
council to advise how the. evil ef
fects attendant upon such manufac
ture can be prevented, due regard be
ing paid to the necessities of those
countries which are not able to mtin
ufnetnre for themselves ; tho muni
tions and implements of wur neces
sary for their safety.
"The high contracting parties un
dertake in no way to conceal from
each other the conditions of such of
their industries as are enpalile of be
ing adapted to war purposes or tho
senle of their nnnameiits, and ngreo
thut thero shall be full nnd frank in
terchange of information ns to thbir
military- and naval programs; . ;
Article lX A permanent commis
sion shall be constituted to advise tho
league on Hie execution of the provis
ions of article VIII and on militiirv
and naval questions generally. '
Vroscrvo Xalons ,
"Article X The high contracting
parties shall -undertake to respect
nnd preserve ns against extcrnnl-nc-gression
the territorial integrity nnd
existing political independence of till
states members of tho lengue. In
ease of nnv such aggression or in
ense of any threat or dungcr of such
aggression, the executive ! council
shall ndvisc upon menns bv which tlio
obligation shnll bo fulfilled. v
"Article-Xlr Any war or threat of
war. whether immediately affecting
nnv of the high contracting parties
(Continued on Pai;e Four.) '