Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-14

rsngements for full investigation and
consideration thereof. For this purpose
the parties agree to communicate to the
secretary general as promptly as posi-
BILE statements of their case, with all
the relevant papers, and the executive
council may forthwith direct the pub
location thereof.
Publish All Disputes.
Where the efforts of the council lead
to the settlement of the dispute, state
ment shall be published indicating the
nature Of the dispute and the terms of
settlement, together with such explana-
tions ss may be appropriate. If the dis
pute has not been settled, a report by
the council shall be published, setting
forth with all necessary facts and ex-
plantations the recommendation which
the council think just and proper for
the settlement of the dispute. If the
report is unsnimousl y agreed to by the
members of the council other than the
parties to the dispute the high contract
ing parties agree that they will not go
to war with any party which complies
with the recommendations and that, if
any party shall refuse so to comply,
the council shall propose measures nee
essary to give effect to the recommend
ations. If no such report can be made
it shall be the duty Of the majority and
the privilege of the minority to issue
statements indicating to what they be-
lieve to be the facts and containing
the reason which they consider to be
just and proper.
The executive may in any case under
this article refer the dispute to the body
Of delegates. The dispute shall be so
referred at the request of either party
to the dispute provided that such re-
quest must be made within IA days aft
er the submission Of the dispute. In a
case referred to the body of delegates,
the provisions of this article and OF ar
ticle XXI relsting 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
contracting parties break or disregard
its covenants under article XII, it shall
thereby ipso facto be declared to have
committed an act of war as against all
the other members of the league which
hereby undertakes Immediately to sub
ject it to severance of all trade or fl
nancial relations, the prohibition Of all
intercourse between their nationals and
the nations of the covenant breaking
state and the preventing and the preven
tion Of all financial, commercial or per
sonal intercourse between the nationals
of the covensnt-breaking state and the
nationals of any other state whether
a.ember of the league or not.
Executive Council Duties.
1t shall be the duty of the executive
council in such eases to recommend
what effective military or naval force
the members of the lsgue shall several
ly contribute to the armed forces to be
used to protect the covenants of the
league.
The high contracting parties agree,
Farther, that they will mutually support
one another in the financial sad Geo.
nomic measures which may be taken un-
der this article, in order to minimize
the loss and inconvenience resulting
from the above measures, and that they
viii mutually support one another in
resisting any special measures annee at
oLa cf their number bv the covenant
hrcrkiNg state and that they will af-
ford passage through their territory to
The forces of any of the high contract
ing parties who are cooperating to pro-
toct the covenants of the league.
(Un to time of going to press the re-
mainic articles Of the constitution have
Tot been transmitted by cable. They
III no printed in tomorrow's Capital !
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