ncern of the
League.

Our right to maintain military Article VIII says: "The
and naval establishments executive council shall also
and coaling stations, determine for the consideration
and our right to fortify the and action of the several
Panama Canal and our governments what military
frontiers to be safeguarded. equipment and armament is
fair and reasonable and in
proportion to the scale of
forces laid down in the program
of disarmament, and
these limits when adopted
shall not be exceeded without
the permission of the executive
council."

An international court to Article XIV provides for
be empowered by the League the establishment of a "permanent
to call upon the signatory court of international
Powers to enforce its decrees justice," but its powers are
against unwilling states by limited to hearing and determining
force, economic pressure, or "any matter
otherwise. The constitution which the parties recognize
of the League to provide, as suitable for submission to
however, that decrees against it for arbitration" under
an American Power shall be Article XIII.
enforced by the nations of
this hemisphere, and decrees
against a country of the
eastern hemisphere by the
Powers of that hemisphere.

Team Work. With the plan agreed upon by the speakers, the brief made
out, and the material distributed, each speaker can go to work in
earnest to prepare his single speech. The best method has been
outlined in this book. His notes should be accurate, clear, easily
manipulated. His quotations should be exact, authoritative. By no
means should he memorize his speech. Such stilted delivery would
result in a series of formal declamations. With his mind stocked with
exactly what his particular speech is to cover, yet familiar enough
with the material of his colleagues to use it should he need it, the
debater is ready for the contest.

Manipulating Material. The speakers on a side should keep all their
material according to some system. If cards are used, arguments to be
used in the main deba