The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-14

! OF any threat or danger OF such ag-
gression, the executive council shall
advice upon the means by which the
obligation shall be fulfilled.
/ Article XI-"Any war or threat Of
war, whether Immediately affecting
any of the high contracting parties
or not, is hereby declared matter of
concern to the league and the high
contracting parties reserve the right
to take any action that may be DEEM
ed wise and effectual to safeguard the
peace of nations.
| 1T is hereby also declared and
agreed to be the friendly right of each
OF the high contracting parties to
delegates or of the executive council
/ to any circumstances affecting inter-
! national intercourse which threatens
to disturb international peace or the
good understanding between nations
upon which peace depends.
| Article XII-"The high contracting
parties agree that should disputes
arise between them which cannot be
adjusted by the ordinary processes OF
diplomacy, they will in no case resort
to war without previously submitting
! the questions and matters involved
either to arbitration or to inquiry by
the executive council and until three
months after the award by the arbi-
traitors or recommendation by the
executive council; and that they will
not even then resort to war as against
member OF the league which COM
| plies with the award of the arbitra-
| tors or the recommendation of the
executive council
I'm any case under this article the
award Of the arbitrators shall be
made within reasonable time and
the recommendation of the executive
council shall be made within six
months after the submission of the
dispute.
Arbitrate Disputes
! Article XIII-"The high contracting
parties agree that whenever any dis
pute or difficulty shall arise between
them which they recognize to be suit
able for submission to arbitration and
which cannot be satisfactorily settled
by diplomacy, they will submit the
Whole matter to arbitration For this
purpose the court of arbitration to
which the case is referred shall be the
court agreed on by the parties or stip-
ulated in any convention existing be-
tween them. The high contracting
parties agree that they will carry out
in full good faith any award that may
be rendered. In the event OF any fail
ure to carry out the award, the exc
cutive council shall propose what steps
can best be taken to give effect
thereto.
Article XIV-'The executive coun-
Gil shall formulate plans for the es-
tablishment of permanent court of
international justice and this court
shall, when established, be competent
to hear and determine any matter
which the parties recognized as suit
able for submission to it for arbitra-
ton under the foregoing article.
Article XV-''H there should arise
between states members of the league
any dispute likely to lead to rupture,
which is not submitted to arbitration
as above the high contracting parties
agree that they will refer the matter
to the executive council; either party
to the dispute may give notice of the
existence of the dispute to the secre-
general, who will make all neces-
sary arrangements for a full investi-
cation and consideration thereof For
this purpose, the parties agree to COM
municate to the secretary-general as
their case wit hall the relevant facts
and papers, and the executive council
may forthwith direct the publication
thereof Where the efforts of the
council lead to the settlement Of the
dispute a statement shall be published
indicating the nature of the dispute
and the terms of settlement, together
with such explanation as may be ap-
propriate. If the dispute has not been
settled report by the council shall
be published, setting forth with all
necessary facts and explanations the
recommendation which the council
thinks just and proper for the settle
ment of the dispute.
High contracting parties agree that
they will not go to war with any party
which complies with recommendation
and that if any party shall refuse so
to comply council shall propose meas
ures necessary to give effect to recon-
mendations. If no such unanimous
report can be made, it shall be duty of
majority and privilege of minority to
issue statements indicating what they
believe to be facts and containing
reasons which they consider to be just
and proper.
"The executive council may in any
case under this article refer dispute to
body of delegates. The dispute shall
be so referred at request of either
party to dispute, provided that such
request must be made within IA days
after submission of dispute. In case
referred to body of delegates all pro-
visions of this article and of article
XII relating to action and powers OF
executive council shall apply to action
and powers of body of delegates"
Article XVI-"Should any of high
contracting parties break or disre-
gard it's covenants under article XII, it |
shall thereby ipso facto be deemed to
have committed an act of war against
all other members of league, which |
hereby undertakes Immediately to sub |
ject it to severance of all trade or
financial relations. prohibition of all
intercourse between their nationals
and nationals of covenant-breaking |
state, and prevention of all financial, |
commercial or personal intercourse
between the nationals Of covenant
breaking state and national of any |
other state, whether member of the |
league or not
Mutual Economic Support.
1t shall be the duty of the executive |
council in such case to recommend !