t will not exchange the
ratification of any treaty or convention hereinafter entered into by
it with any other power until thirty days after the full text of such
treaty or convention has been published in the public press of the
parties thereto and a copy has been filed with the Secretariat of the
League of Nations.

"_Clause 2_

"No international agreement, to which a power signatory or adherent
to this convention, is a party, shall become operative or be put in
force until published and filed as aforesaid.

"_Clause 3_

"All treaties, conventions and agreements, to which a power,
signatory or adherent to this convention, is a party, and which are
in force or to come into force and which have not been heretofore
published, shall within six months after the signature of this
convention be published and filed as aforesaid or abrogated or
denounced.

"ARTICLE VI

"_Equality of Commercial Privileges_

"The powers, signatory and adherent to this convention agree jointly
and severally not to discriminate against or in favor of any power in
the matter of commerce or trade or of industrial privileges; and they
further agree that all treaties, conventions and agreements now in
force or to come into force or hereinafter negotiated shall be
considered as subject to the 'most favored nation' doctrine, whether
they contain or do not contain a clause to that effect. It is
specifically declared that it is the purpose of this article not to
limit any power in imposing upon commerce and trade such restrictions
and burdens as it may deem proper but to make such impositions apply
equally and impartially to all other powers, their nationals
and ships.

"This article shall not apply, however, to any case, in which a power
has committed an unfriendly act against the members of the League of
Nations as defined in Article I and in which commercial and trade
relations are denied or restricted by agreements between the members
as a measure of restoration or protection of the rights of a power
injured by such unfriendly act."

These proposed articles, which were intended for discussion before
drafting the provisions constituting a League of Nations and which did
not purport to be a completed document, are given in full because there
seems no simpler method of showing the differences between the President
and me as to the form