The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-15

the dispute, the Members of the
League agree that they will not go to
war with any party to the dispute
which complies with the recommends
tions of the report.
If the Council fails to reach a re-
port which is unanimously agreed to
by the members thereof, other than
the Representatives of one or more
of the parties to the dispute, the
Members of the League reserve to
themselves the right to take such ac-
tion as they shall consider necessary
for the maintenance of right and JUS
tice.
If the dispute between the parties
is claimed by one Of them, and is
found by the Council, to arise out of
matter which by international law
is solely within the domestic jurisdic-
ton Of that party, the Council shall
so report, and shall make no recon-
mendation as to it's settlement.
The Council may in any case under
this Article refer the dispute to the
Assembly. The dispute shall be so
referred at the request of either par
ty to the dispute, provided that such
request be made within fourteen days
after the submission of the dispute to
the Council.
In any case referred to the AS
sembly, all the provisions of this Ar
ticle and of, Article IL relating to
the action and powers of the Council
shall apply to the action and powers
of the Assembly, provided that a re-
port made by the Assembly if con-
Cured in by the Representative of
those Members of the League repre-
sented on the Council and of ma
jority of the other Members of the
League, exclusive in each case of the
Representatives of the parties to the
dispute, shall have the same force as
a report by the Council concurred in
by all the members thereof other than
the Representative of one or more
of the parties tn the dispute.
80 ARTICLE 16
Should any Member of the League
resort to war in disregard of it's cove
nants under Articles II, 13 or Is, it
shall ipso facto be deemed to have
committed an act of war against all
other Members of the League, which
hereby undertake Immediately to SUBJ
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 State, and the preven-
ton of all financial, commercial or
personal intercourse between the ma
tionals of the covenant breaking
State and the nationals of any other
State, whether a Member of the
League or not.
1t shall be the duty of the Council
in such case to recommend to the
several Governments concerned what
effective military, naval or air force
the Members of the League shall sew
orally contribute to the armed force
to be used to protect the covenants
of the League
The Members of the League agree,
further, that they will mutually sup
port one another in the financial and
economic measures which are tai:er
under this Article, in order to mini
mize the loss and inconvenience re-
sulting from the above measures, and
that they will mutually support one
another in resisting any special
measures aimed at one of their num-
Der by the covenant-breaking State,
and that they will take the necessary
steps to afford passage through their
territory to the forces of any of the
Members of the League which are CO.
operating 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
ARTICLE II
In the event of a dispute between
a Member of the League and State
which is not Member of the League,
or between States not Members of the
League, the State or States not Mem
bers of the League shall be invited
to accept the obligations of member
ship in the League for the purposes
of such dispute, upon such conditions
as the Council may deem just. If
such invitation is accepted, the pro-
visions of Articles IL to 16, inclusive,
shall be applied with such modifica-
tions as may be deemed necessary
by the Council.
Upon such invitation being given
the Council shall Immediately insti-
tute All inquiry into the circum-
stances of the dispute and recon-
mend such action as may seem best
and most effectual in the circum-
stances.
If 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 TAX
ing such action.
If both parties to the dispute when
so invited refuse to accept the OBJ
legations Of membership in the
League. for the purposes of such dis