uary 23, 1912, or signed the
special protocol opened at The Hague in accordance with resolutions
adopted by the third opium conference in 1914, to bring the said
convention into force by enacting within twelve months of the time of
peace the necessary legislation.
Missions--The allied and associated powers agree that the properties
of religious missions in territories belonging or ceded to them shall
continue in their work under the control of the powers, Germany
renouncing all claims in their behalf.
SECTION 11. Air Navigation--Aircraft of the allied and associated
powers shall have full liberty of passage and landing over and in German
territory; equal treatment with German planes as to use of German
airdromes, and with most favored nation planes as to internal commercial
traffic in Germany.
SECTION 13.--Freedom of Transit--Germany must grant freedom of transit
through her territories by rail or water to persons, goods, ships,
carriages and mail from or to any of the allied or associated powers,
without customs or transit duties, undue delays, restrictions and
discriminations based on nationality, means of transport or place of
entry or departure. Goods in transit shall be assured all possible speed
of journey, especially perishable goods.
(The remainder of Section 12 concerns the use of European waterways and
railroads.)
SECTION 13. International Labor Organizations--Members of the league
of nations agree to establish a permanent organization to promote
international adjustment of labor conditions, to consist of an annual
international labor conference and an international labor office.
The former is composed of four representatives of each state, two from
the government and one each from the employers and the employed; each of
them may vote individually. It will be a deliberative legislative body,
its measures taking the form of draft conventions or recommendations for
legislation, which if passed by two-thirds vote must be submitted to the
lawmaking authority in every state participating. Each government may
either enact the terms into law; approve the principles, but modify them
to local needs; leave the actual legislation in case of a federal state
to local legislatures; or reject the convention altogether without
further obligation.
The international labor office is established at the seat of the league
of nations as part of its organization. It is to collect and distribute
information on labor t
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