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and powers of the body of delegates
Article XVI.

and powers of the body of delegates.
Article XVI.
Should any of the high contracting
patries break or disregard its cove
nants under Article XII it shall there
mitted an act of war against all the
other members Of the league, which
hereby undertake Immediately to sub
ject it to the severance Of all trade
or financial relations, the prohibition
of all intercourse between their ma
tionals and the nationals OF the cove
nant-breaking States, and the proven
ton of all financial, commercial, or
personal intercourse between the ma
tionals of the communicating
State and the nationals of any other
State, whether a member OF the
league or not.
1t shall be the duty of the executive
council in such cases to recommend
what effective military or naval forces
the members Of the league shall sew
eraly contribute to the armed forces
to be used to protect the covenants of
the league.
The high contracting parties agree
further that they will mutually sup
port one another in the financial and
economic measures which may be TAX
en- under this article, in order to min
imize the loss and inconvenience re-
sulting from the above measures, and
that they will mutually support one
another in resisting any special meas
ures aimed at one OF their number by
the communicating State, and that
they will afford passage through their
territory to the forces Of any Of the
high contracting parties who are Co
operating to protect the covenants OF
the league.
Article XVII.
In the event of disputes between
one State member Of the league and
another State which is not a member
of the league, or between States not
members of the league, the high con-
tracing parties agree that the State
or States not members of the league
shall be invited to accept the obliga-
tions of membership in the league for
the purposes of such dispute, upon
such conditions as the executive coun-
Gil may deem just, and upon accep-
lance of any such invitation the above
provisions shall be applied with such
notifications as may be deemed neces-
sary by the league.
Upon such invitation being given
the executive council shall immediate
ly institute an inquiry into the cir
cumstances and merits Of the dispute
and recommend such action as may
seem best and most effectual in the
circumstances.
In the event of power so invited
refusing to accept the obligations OF
membership in the league for the pur-
poses of such dispute, and taking any
action against State member OF the
league which in the case OF State
member of the league would consti-
tute q breach of Article ! I, the pro-
visions of Article XVI sha be appli-
cable as against the State t King such
action.
If both parties to the dispute, when
SO invited, refuse to accept the obi
cations of membership in the league
for the purposes of such dispute, the
executive council may take such &C
ton and make such recommendations
as will prevent hostilities and will re-
suit in the settlement of the dispute.
Article XVIII.
The high contracting parties agree
general supervision of the trade IN
arms and ammunition with the coun-
tries in which the control of this traf-
fic is necessary and in the common in
tereSt.
Article XIX.
To those colonies and territories
which as a consequence OF the war
have ceased to be under the sover-
eighty of the States which formerly
governed them, and which are inhab-
tied by peoples not yet able to stand
by themselves under the strenuous
conditions of the modern world. there
should be applied the principle that
the we'll being and development OF
scuch peoples form sacred trust OF
civilization and that securities for the
performance of this Trust should be
embodied in the constitution of the
league.
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