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this Article refer the dispute to the
 Assembly. The dispute shall be so referred at the request of either party i to the dispute, provided that such 1 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 Article and of Article 12 relating to
 the action and powers of the Coun- Gil shall apply 70 the action and i powers of the Assembly, provided that ! a. report made by the Assembly, if concurred in by the Representative ] of those Members of the League re- | presented on the Council and of q majority of thf other Members of the League, exclusive in each case of the ] Representative of the parties to the dispute, shall have the s>amc force as ! a report by the Council concurred m by n. the ,ncmbers thereof C.her | than the Representatives of one or 1 more of the parties to the dispute.
 Article f6
 Should any Member of the Lea que
 resort to war in disregard to its covenants under Articles 12, IS or l Il 5, it shall ipso facto be deemed to | have committed an act of war against all other Members of the League, which hereby undertake imm ediately ] to subject it to the severance of all l trade or financial relations, the pro- I hibition of all intercourse between
 
 1 the covenant-breaking State, and the I prevention of all financial, commer- | cial or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-break- l ing State and the nationals of any | other State, whether Member of the | League not.
 It shall be the duty of the Council | in such case to- recommend to the l several Governments concerned what effective military, naval or air force the Members of the League shall Sev- I erally contribute to the armed forces | to be used to protect the covenants 1 of the League.
 The Members of the League agree l further, that they will mutually sup port one another in the financial and 1 economic measures which are taken | under this Article, in order to mini i mize the loss and inconvenience result | ing from the above measures, and that they will mutually support one l another in resisting any special meas !, ures aimed at one of their number by ] the coVenant-breaking State, and that ! they will take the necessary steps to | afford passage through their territory l to the forces of any of the Members | of the League which are co-operat1ng to. protect the covenants of the 1 League.
 l Any Member of the League which | has violated any covenant of the | League may be declared to be no 1 longer a Member of the League by a | the Representative of all the other 1 Members of the League represented 1 thereon.
 Article IT
 ] In the event of dispute between 1 a Member of the League and a State 1 which is not Member of the League, 1 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 purpose of | such dispute, upon such conditions
 as the Council may deem just. If | visions of Articles 12 to 16 inclusive l shall be applied with such modifica- 1 tions 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 recom- | mend such action as may seem best and most effectual in the circum- stances.
 i If a State so invited shall refuse to i, accept the obligations of membership l in the League for the purposes of
 such dispute, and shall resort to war l against a Member of the League, the provisions of Article 16 shall be ap- | p1icable against the State taking such action.
 so invited refuse to accept the obliga- tionS of membership in the League for | the purposes of such dispute, the Coun- 1 cil may take such measures and ma ke such recomm endations as will prevent
 hostilities and will result in the set l clement of the dispute.
 Article IS.
 Every treaty or international en- l gagement entered into hereafter by any Member of the League shall be forthwith registered with the Secre- | tariat and shall soon as possible be | published by it. No such treaty or in | ternational engagement shall be bind l ing until so registered. | Article 19.
 The Assembly may from time to time advise the reconsideration by 1 Members of the League of treaties 1 which have become inapplicable and the consideration of international con- ditions whose continuance might en- danger the peace of the world. Article 20.
 I The Members of the League sever ally agree that this Covenant is ac- cepted as abrogating all obligations or understandings inter SC which are con- sistent with the terms thereof and solemnly undertake that they will not hereafter enter into any engagements ], inconsistent with the terms thereof. In case any Member of the League shall, before becoming a Member o1
 the League, have undertaken any
 obligations inconsistent with the terms
 
 of such Member to take immedi fate steps to procure it's release from such obligations. Article 2t.
 Nothing in this Covenant shall be
 deemed to affect the validity of in , ternaticnal engagements. such as trea l ties of arbitration or regional under
 standings like the Monroe doctrine , for securing the maintenance O. , peace. Article 22 | To those colonies and territorie:
 which as consequence of the att 7 war have ceased to be under she soy : eriSnity of the States which formerl! t governed them and which are inhap , ited by peoples not yet able to stand l by themselves under the strenuon!
 conditions of the modern world, ther, = should be applied the principle tha Q the we'll being and development O f |, such peoples form a sacred trust O = civilization and that securities for th' performance of his trust should b, = em bodied in this Covenant. $ The best method of giving practica