The SECRIETARYv. In lieu of the words proposed to be inserted by the 6ommittee. being the reservation known as No. 5. the Senator from Utah proposes the following: 5. That the United States understands that the jurisdiction and authority of the league of nations under articles I to 26. inclusive. of the treaty of peace does not include any power over the proper domestic. internal. or national policy of any State a member of the league. and that said articles do not confer upon the league any powers with respect to immigration. imposts. property. inheritance. naturalization. cittzenship. labor. cotistwisc traffic. or any other matter of proper domestic policy. and the United States declares that the enumeration of these matters of policy in this reservation shall not in any wise be construed to limit or restrict the rights of the United States with respect to its national and political powers and sovereignty as recognized by the law and customs of nations. and the United States reserves to Itself the exclusive power to decide what questions are within its domestic Jurisdiction and national sovereignty and to withhold such questions from submission to arbitration or to the consideration of the council or the assembly of the league of nations.
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