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parties break or disregard its cove
nants under Article XII IL shall thereby
ipso factO be deemed to have commit
ted an act of war against all the other
members OF the league. which hereby
undertakes Immediately to subject il
to the severance OF all trade OF fnAn-
etal relations. the prohibition Of ali
intercourse between their nationals and
state. and the prevention of all 1nan-
cial, commercial or personal inter
course between the nationals of the
COMMUNICATING state and the ma
tionals OF any other state. whether a
member OF the league or not
It shall be the duty of the executive
council in such case to recommend
what effective military or naval force
the members of the league shall sew
orally contribute to the armed forces
to be used to protect the covenants OF
the league.
ARTICLE XVII.
In the event of disputes between one
state member of the league and an
other state which is not a member OF
the league the high contracting parties
agree that the state or states not mem
berS OF the league shall be invited to
accept the obligations Of membership
in the league for the purposes of such
dispute, upon such conditions as the
executive council may deem just, and
upon acceptance OF any such invitation
the above provisions shall be applied
with such notifications as may be
deemed necessary by the league.
In the event of a power so invited re-
fusing to accept the obligations OF mem
bership in the league for the purposes Of
the league which in the case OF a state
member OF the league would constitute
breach Of Article XII, the provisions of
Article XVI shall be applicable as against
the state taking such action.
ARTICLE XVIII.
he high cOUfracffpe r1artiaz that
the league shall be entrusted with general
supervision OF the trade in arms and am
munition with the countries in which the
control of this traffic is necessary in the
common interest.
ARTICLE XIX.
To those colonies and territories which
as a consequence of the late war have
ceased to be under the sovereignty Of the
states which formerly governed them and
which are Inhabited 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 welibeing and development Of such
peoples form a sacred trust of civilization
and that securities for the performance
of this trust should be embodied In the
constitution Of the league.
The best method Of giving practical ef-
feet to this principle is that the tutelage
advanced nations who by reason Of their
resources, their experience or their
geographical position, can best undertake
this responsibility, and that this tutelage
should be exercised by them as manda-
tory on behalf of the league.
Certain communities formerly belonging
to the Turkish empire have reached
stage of development which their exist
ence as Independent nations can be pro-
Ytstonally recognized subject to the rem
dering of administrative advice and as
s1stance by mandatory power until such
time as they are able to stand alone. The
n orTl1TT 11TTfff nz h. a
principal consideration in the selection of
the mandatory power
There are territories, such as southwest
Africa and certain of the south Pacific
their population, or their small size, or
their remoteness from the centers OF
civilization, or their geographical contfnu-
ity to the mandatory state, and other cir
cumstances, can be best administered IN
der the laws of the mandatory state as
integral portions thereof. subject to the
safeguards above mentioned, in the inter
ests of the indigenous population.
In every case of mandate the manda-
tory state shall render to the league an
annual report in reference to the territory
committed to its charge.
ARTICLE Xxx.
The high contracting parties will
endeavor to secure and maintain fair
and humane conditions of labor for
men, women and children. both in their
own countries and in all countries to
which their commercial and Industrial
relations extend, and to that end agree
to establish as part of the organiza-
ton of the league permanent bureau
of labor.
ARTICLE XXI
The high contracting parties agree
that provision shall be made through
the fundamentally of the league to
secure and maintain freedom of transit
and equitable treatment for the com
of oil
league. having in mind. among other
things. special arrangements with re-
gard to the necessities of the regions
devastated during the war of 1914-191s
ARTICLE XXI.
The high contracting parties agree
to place under the control Of the league
of international bureaus general trea-
ties if the parties to such treaties con-
sent Furthermore, they agree that all
such international bureaus to be con-
stituted in future shall be placed under
control of the league.
ARTICLE XIII.
The high contracting parties agree that
every treaty or international engagement
entered into hereafter by any state mem
Der of the league shall be forthwith regis
tered with the secretary general and as
soon as possible published by him, and
gagement shall be binding until regis
tered.
ARTICLE XIV.
It shall be the right of the body Of
delegates from time to time to advise the
reconsideration by states members Of the
league of treaties which have become in
applicable, and of international conditions
of which the continuance may endanger
the peace of the world
ARTICLE XIV.
The high contracting parties severaIly
agree that the present covenant is &C
cepted as abrogating all obligations inter
Sc which are inconsistent with the terms
thereof and solemnly engage that they
will not hereafter enter into any engage
ments inconsistent with the terms thereof
In case any of the powers signatory here
to or subsequently admitted to the league
shall, before coming a party to this cove
nant, have undertaken any obligations
which are inconsistent with the terms of
this covenant, 1t shall be the duty Of such
power to take immediate steps to procure
its release from such obligations.
ARTICLE XVI.
Amendments to this covenant will take
effect when ratified by the states whose
representatives compose the executive
council and by three-fourths of the states
whose representatives compose the body
of delegates.