Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-14
The League of Nations Plan
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"A ,Perma9ent eonmissiop shall be
fSSnsti.atea con TO advise The league on as
Article s eeSfifh VIII and % tns on hIiitary and
naval questions generally.
| Article
! The high contracting parties snail
undertake to respect and preserve as
against external aggression the ter
| riterial integrity and existing poiiG-
cal Independence of all states mem
such aggression or In case OF any
J threat or danger of such aFFression
the executive council shall adyi,se ,
! upon the means by which the epii-
| cation shall be fulfilled.
| Article Nj
| Amy war or threat. OF war, wheth-
| er imrn edlately Affecting any OF the
! high contracting parties Of not ls
hereby declared q msttSF nn OF .ontrss,a s0neesn
! ing parties reserve the right to take
any action that may be deemed wise
and effectuai TO Safeguard the peace
1T Is hereby also declared and
agreed to be the friendly right of
each Of the high contracting parties
| to draw the attention OF the oeay OF
Gil to any circumstances affecting
| International Intercourse which
| threatens to disturb international
tween nations upon which peace de-
pends,
"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 arbi-
| ira ton or to enquiry by the executive
council and until three months aI'er
| the award by the arbitrators or
recomme ndation by the executive
council; and that they will not even
| then resort to war as against a mem
Der of the league which complies with
the ward of the arbitrators or the
recommendation of the executive
| council.
In any case under this article, the
award of the arbitrators shall be
| made within a reasonable time, ana
| the recommendation of the executive
! council shall be made within six
months after the submission OF the
dispute.
Article XIII
THE high contracting parties agree
| that whenever any dispute or dlnl-
! Guilty shall arise between them which
| they recognize to be suitable for SUD-
not be satisfactorily settled by dip
lomacy, they will submit the whole
matter to arbitration. For this pur-
pose the court of arbitration to which
the case is referred shall be the court
agreed on by the parties or stipulated
in any convention existing between
them. The high contracting parties
agree that they will carry out in full
good faith any reward 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 eff
feet thereto.
Article XIV
THE executive council shall for
mulate plans for the establishment
of a permanent court of international
justice and this court shall, when es-
| tablished. be competent to hear and
determine any matter which the par
ties recognized as suitable for sub
mission to it for arbitration under
| the foregoing article.
Article XIV
"If there should arise between states
! members of the league any dispute
1 likely to lead to rupture, which is not
| submitted to arbitration as above, the
| high contracting parties agree that they
| council either party to the dispute may
| give notice of the existence of the dis
pute to the secretary-general, who will
make all necessary arrangements for
a full investigation and consideration
thereof. Fro those purposes the parties
agree to communicate to the secre-
| tary-general as promptly as possible,
statements of their case with all the
relevant facts and papers, and the exc
cutive council may forthwith direct the
publication thereof. Where the efforts
of the council lead to the settlement
of the dispute, a statement shall be
| feI,n tY,Ht loot n
dispute and the terms of settlement,
| together with such explanations as may
| be appropriate. II the dispute has not
been settled a report by the council
all necessary facts and explanations the
recommendation which the council
think just and proper for the settle
ment of the dispute. If the report is
unanimously agreed to by the mem
bers of the council other than the par
ties to the dispute, the high contract
ing parties agree that they viii not
go to war with any party which com,
that, IL any party shall refuse so to
comply, the council shall propose meas
ures necessary to give effect to the
recommendations If no such unanl-
the duty of the majority and the privi-
lege of the minority to issue statements
indicating what they believe to be the
facts and containing the reasons which
"The executive council may in any
case under this article refer the dis
pute to the body of delegates. The
DISPUTE shall be so referred at the re-
quest of either party to the dispute,
| provided that such request must be
made within fourteen days after the
submission of the dispute. In case
referred to the body of delegates all
the provisions of this article and of
Article XII relating to the action and
powers of the executive council shall
| apply to the action and powers of the
body of delegates.
Article XVI
| should any of the high contract
| ing parties break or disregard it's
| covenants under Article XII, it shall
thereby ipso facto be deemed to have
the other members of the league.
which hereby undertakes immedi-
ately to subject IL to the severance
| of all trade or financial relations, the
prohibition of all intercourse be-
tween their nationals and the ma
| tionals of the covenant-breaking g
state, and the prevention of all finan-
course between the nationals of the
covenant-breaking state and the ma
| tionals of any other state, whether
a member of the league or not.
'It shall be the duty of the exec
utive council in such case to recon-
/ mend what effective military or naval
force the members of the league shall
| forces to be used to protect the cove
nants of the league.
"The high contracting parties
agree, further, that they will mutu-
ally support one another in the finan-
cial and economic measures which