A permanent commission shall be constituted to receive and examine the annual reports of the mandataries and to advise the Council on all matters relating to the observance of the mandates.

ARTICLE XXIII.

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of international conventions existing or hereafter to be agreed upon, the members of the league (a) will endeavor to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labor for men, women and children both in their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and industrial relations extend, and for that purpose will establish and maintain the necessary international organizations; (b) undertake to secure just treatment of the native inhabitants of territories under their control; (c) will intrust the league with the general supervision over the execution of agreements with regard to the traffic in women and children, and the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs; (d) will intrust the league with the general supervision of the trade in arms and ammunition with the countries in which the control of this traffic is necessary in the common interest; (e) will make provision to secure and maintain the freedom of communication and of transit and equitable treatment for the commerce of all members of the league. In this connection the special necessities of the regions devastated during the war of 1914-1918

shall be in mind; (f) will endeavor to take steps in matters of international concern for the prevention and control of disease.

ARTICLE XXIV.

There shall be placed under the direction of the league all international bureaus already established by general treaties if the parties to such treaties consent. All such international bureaus and all commissions for the regulation of matters of international interest hereafter constituted shall be placed under the direction of the league.

In all matters of international interest which are regulated by general conventions but which are not placed under the control of international bureaus or commissions, the Secretariat of the league shall, subject to the consent of the Council and if desired by the parties, collect and distribute all relevant information, and shall render any other assistance which may be necessary or desirable.

The Council may include as part of the expenses of the Secretariat the expenses of any bureau or commission which is placed under the direction of the league.

ARTICLE XXV.

The members of the league agree to encourage and promote the establishment and co-operation of duly authorized voluntary national Red Cross organizations having as purposes improvement of

health, the prevention of disease and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world.

ARTICLE XXVI.

Amendments to this covenant will take effect when ratified by the members of the league whose representatives compose the Council and by a majority of the members of the league whose representatives compose the Assembly.

No such amendment shall bind any member of the League which signifies its dissent therefrom, but in that case it shall cease to be a member of the League.

ANNEX TO THE COVENANT.

One. Original members of the League of Nations.

Signatories of the Treaty of Peace:

United States of America, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British Empire, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, China, Cuba, CzechoSlovakia, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjaz, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia, Siam, Uruguay.

States invited to accede to the covenant:

Argentine Republic, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela.

Two. First Secretary General of the League of Nations: Sir Eric Drummond.

APPENDIX C.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM OF THE
WOMAN'S PEACE PARTY OF
NEW YORK STATE.

WHY OUR NEXT CONGRESS IS IMPORTANT.

The Congress to which we elect representatives next fall will open its first session in December, 1919 (though very likely it will be called in extra session in March of that year). It will continue to sit until March, 1921. It is almost certain to be the Congress in session while the questions of the Peace Settlement are being discussed, for though peace negotiations may begin earlier, the fundamental world-wide readjustments involved will probably necessitate a conference extending over a long period of months.

Therefore, this next Congress is probably the most important one since the formation of the union. We must see that the men who compose it are equal to their responsibilities.

They will have a share in a task not unlike the task performed by the men who drew up our Federal Constitution. They will have to assist in

finding a way by which sovereign states can unite and live peaceably and prosperously together. This means a slow and patient progress of reconciling not only rival nations but rival groups within the nations.

WHAT THE WOMAN'S PEACE PARTY OF
NEW YORK Asks of THE CANDIDATES

FOR THE NEXT CONGRESS.

"As a candidate for the Congress which will be in session while the problems incident to the settlement of the war are before the world we ask you to indorse the following proposals:

A democratic league of all nations, based upon: Free seas-Free markets - Universal disarmament The right of peoples to determine their own destiny.

The development of an international parliament and tribunal as the governing bodies of such a league.

Daylight diplomacy, with democratic control of foreign policy.

Legislation whereby American delegates to the end-of-the-war conference shall be elected directly by the people.

Furthermore, that America's championship of the principle of reduced armaments may appeal to the rest of the world as disinterested and sincere, we ask you to oppose legislation committing this