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COVENANT
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port one another in resisting any
special measures aimed at one of
their number by the covenant-break
ing State. and that they will take
the necessary steps to afford PASS
age through their territory to the
forces OF any of the Members of
the League which are cooperating
to protect 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 Member of the League by a
vote of the Council concurred in by
the Representatives of all the other
Members of the League represented
thereon.
Article ~.
In the event of dispute between
Member of the League and a State
which is not Member of the
League, or between States not Men,
bers Of the League the State or
States not Members of the League
shall be invited to accept the obli-
cations of membership in the
League for the purposes of such
dispute, upon such conditions as
the Council may deem Just. If such
invitation is accepted, the provi-
sions of Articles IL to 16 inclusive
shall be applied with such modifica-
tons as may be deemed necessary
by the Council.
Upon such invitation being given
the Council shall Immediately insti-
tute an inquiry into the circum-
stances of the dispute and recon-
mend such action as may seem best
and most effectual in the cimcum-
stances.
II 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 Member Of the
League, the provisions of Article 16
shall be applicable as against the
State taking such action.
If both parties to the dispute
when so invited refuse to accept the
obligations of membership in the
League for the purposes of such dis
pute, the Council may take such
measures and make such recon-
mendations as will prevent HOSTILE
ties and will result in the settlement
of the dispute.
Article 10.
Every treaty or international en-
entered into hereafter by
any Member of the League shall be
forthwith registered with the Secre-
tariat and shall as soon as possible
be published by it. No such treaty
or international engagement shall
be binding until so registered.
Article 10.
The Assembly may from time to
time advise the reconsideration by
Members of the League of treaties
which have become inapplicable and
the consideration of international
whose continuance might
endanger the peace of the world.
Article 20.
The Members of the League sew
orally agree that this Covenant is ac-
cepted as abrogating all obligations
or understandings inter Sc which are
with the terms thereof,
and solemnly undertake that they
will not hereafter enter into any en-
inconsistent with the
terms thereof.
In case any Member of the Lea
que shall, before becoming a Mem
Der of the League. have undertaken
anv obligations inconsistent with the
terms of this Covenant, it shall be
the duty of such Member to take
steps to procure its release
from such obligations.
Article Fl.
Nothing in this Covenant shall be
deemed to affect the validity OF In
engagements, such as
treaties Of arbitration or reginal I'M
derstandings like the Monroe doc
trine, for securing the maintenance
Of peace.
Article -.
To those colonies and territories
which as a consequence of the late
war have ceased to be under the
of the States which for
merly governed them and which are
inhabited by peoples not yet able to
stand by themselves under the siren
uous conditions of the fmodern
world, there should be applied the
principle that the well-being and