closely reasoned argument on the subject.

The most important portion of the document was that entitled "_Suggested
Draft of Articles for Discussion_. December 20, 1918." It reads
as follows:

"The parties to this convention, for the purpose of maintaining
international peace and preventing future wars between one another,
hereby constitute themselves into a League of Nations and solemnly
undertake jointly and severally to fulfill the obligations imposed
upon them in the following articles:

"A

"Each power signatory or adherent hereto severally covenants and
guarantees that it will not violate the territorial integrity or
impair the political independence of any other power signatory or
adherent to this convention except when authorized so to do by a
decree of the arbitral tribunal hereinafter referred to or by a
three-fourths vote of the International Council of the League of
Nations created by this convention.

"B

"In the event that any power signatory or adherent hereto shall fail
to observe the covenant and guaranty set forth in the preceding
article, such breach of covenant and guaranty shall _ipso facto_
operate as an abrogation of this convention in so far as it applies
to the offending power and furthermore as an abrogation of all
treaties, conventions, and agreements heretofore or hereafter entered