re pledged to
submit matters of dispute to arbitration or inquiry and not to resort to
war until three months after the award. If a member fails to carry out
the award, the council will propose the necessary measures. The council
will establish a permanent court of international justice to determine
international disputes or to give advisory opinions. If agreement cannot
be secured, the members reserve the right to take such action as may be
necessary for the maintenance of right and justice. Members resorting to
war in disregard of the covenant will immediately be debarred from all
intercourse with other members. The council will in such cases consider
what military or naval action can be taken by the league collectively.

The covenant abrogates all obligations between members inconsistent with
its terms, but nothing in it shall affect the validity of international
engagements such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings
like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.

The Mandatory System--Nations not yet able to stand by themselves will
be intrusted to advanced nations who are best fitted to guide them. In
every case the mandatory will render an annual report, and the degree of
its authority will be defined.

International Provisions--The members of the league will in general,
through the international organization established by the labor
convention to secure and maintain fair conditions of labor for men,
women and children in their own countries, and undertake to secure just
treatment of the native inhabitants of territories under their control;
they will intrust the league with general supervision over the execution
of agreements for the suppression of traffic in women and children,
etc.; and the control of the trade in arms and ammunition with countries
in which control is necessary; they will make provision for freedom of
communications and transit and equitable treatment for commerce of all
members of the league, with special reference to the necessities of
regions devastated during the war; and they will endeavor to take steps
for international prevention and control of disease.

Boundaries of Germany--Germany cedes to France Alsace-Lorraine 5,600
square miles to the southwest, and to Belgium two small districts
between Luxemburg and Holland, totaling 989 square miles. She also cedes
to Poland the southeastern tip of Silesia, beyond and including Oppeln,
most of Posen and West