The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-10

pute shall be so referred at the re quest of either party to the dispute provided that such request be mad, within IA days after the submission of the dispute to the Council.
 In any case referred to the as sembly all the provisions of this ar ticle and of Article F relating to the action and powers of the Coun cil shall apply to the action and powers of the assembly, provided that a report made by the assembly if concurred in by the representa- tives of those members of the League represented on the Counci and of a majority of the other mem bers of the League, exclusive in each case of the representatives of the parties to the dispute, shall have the same force as a report by the Coun cil concurred in by all the members thereof other than the representa- lives of ont or more of the parties to the dispute.
 ARTICLE 16.
 Should any member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants under Articles 12, 13 or 15, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other members of the League, which hereby undertake i'm mediately to subject 1t to the sever ance of all trade or financial rela- tions. the prohibition of all inter course between their nationals and the nationals of the covenant-break, ing state and the prevention of all financial, commercial or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-breaking State and the nationals of any other State, whether a member of the League or not
 It shall be the duty of the Council in such case to recommend to the several Governments concerned what effective military or naval forces the members of the League shall sev- orally contribute to the ornaments { OI lDTCeS u uC uoCu to PiolOSI thS covenants of the League.
 The members of the League agree, further, that they will mutually sup port one another in the financial and economic measures which are taken under this article. in order to minimize the loss and inconvenience resulting from the above measures. and that they will mutually sup port one another in resisting any special measures aimed at one of their number by the covenantbreak- ing State, and that they will take the necessary steps to afford pas sage through their territory to the force of any of the members of the League which are cooperating to pro- tect the covenants of the League.
 Any member of the League which has violated any covenant of the League may be declared to be no longer a member of the League by vote of the Council. concurred in by the representatives of all the other members of the League repre- snted thereon.
 ARTICLE IT.
 In the event of a dispute between member of the League and a State which is not member of the League, or beween States and mem bers of the League, the State or States not members of the League shall be invited to accept the obli gations of membership in the League for the purposes of such dispute. upon such conditions as the Council may deem just. If such in vitation is accepted, the provisions of Articles 12 to 16. inclusive, shall be applied with such notifications as my be deemed necessary by the Council.
 Upon such invitation being given the Council shall immediately instl- ute an inquiry into the circumstanc es of the dispute and recommend such action as may seem best and most affectual in the circumstances
 If State so invited shall refuse to accept the obligations of member ship in the League for the purposes of such dispute, and shall resort to war against a member of the League the provisions of Article 16 shall be applicable as against the State taking action.
 If both parties to the dispute. when so invited, refuse to accept the ob ligations or membership in the League for the purposes of such dis pute, the Council may take such meas measures and make such rec concentrations as will prevent hos. tilities and will result in the settle. ment of the dispute.
 ARTICLE IS.
 Every convention or international engagement entered into hencefor ward by any member of the League shall be forthwith registered witf the Secretariat. and shall as SCOT as possible be punished by 1t. Nc such treaty or international engage ment shall be binding until so reg istered.
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