East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-27

of the dispute to the Secretary Cen
eral, who will make all necessary ar
rangements for full investigation and
consideration thereof.
For this purpose the parties to the
| dispute will communicate to the Secre-
tary General. as promptly as possible,
statements of their case with all the
relevant facts and papers, and the
Council may forthwith direct the pub
lication thereof.
The Council shall endeavor to effect
settlement of the dispute, and if
such efforts are successful, a statement
shall be made public giving such facts
and explanations regarding the dis
pute and the terms of settlement there-
of as the Council may deem appro-
pirate.
If the dispute is not thus settled, the
Council either unanimously or by
majority vote shall make and publish
a report containing a statement of the
facts of the dispute and the recon-
mendations which are deemed just and
proper in regard therto.
Any Member of the League repre-
sented on the Council may make pub
lie statement of the facts of the dis
pute and of its conclusions regarding
the same.
If report by the Council is unani-
mously 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
agree that they will not go to war with
any party to the dispute which COM
plies with the recommendations of the
report.
If the Council fails to reach a. report
which is unanimously agreed to by the
members thereof, other than the Rep
resentatives of one or more of the
parties to the dispute. the Members of
the League reserve to themselves the
right to take such action at they shall
shall consider necessary for the MAIN
tenance of right and justice.
If the dispute between the parties is
claimed by one of them, and is found
by the Council. to arise out of a mat
ter which by international law is solely
with the domestic jurisdiction of that
party, the Council shall so report, and
shall make no recommendation as to
its settlement.
The Council may in any case under
this Article refer the dispute to the
Assembly. The dispute shall be so re-
ferred at the request of either party to
the dispute, provided that such request
be made within fourteen days after the
of the dispute to the Coun-
ell.
In any case referred to the Assem-
bly,, all the provisions of this Article
and of Article 12 relating to the action
and powers of the Council shall apply
to the action and powers Of the Assem-
bly,, provided that report made by
the Assembly, if concurred in the Rep
OF those Members Of tho
League represented on the Council and
Of a majority 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 report by the Council concurred /
in by all the members thereof other /
than the Representatives Of one or
moe OF the paties to the disputs.
Article 16
Should any Member Of the League
resort to war in disregard of it's coven-
ants unde Articles II, 15 or IS, it shall
pso facto de deemed to have commit
led an act Of war against all other
Members Of the League, which hereby
Undertake Immediately to subject 1t
% the severance of all trade or finan-
.ial relations. the prohibitics. all in
ercourse between their nationals a'id
he nationals of the COMMUNICATING
state, and the prevention Of all finan-
,fal, commercial or personal inter-
course between the nationals of the (
state and the ma
ionals OF any other state, whether a
Member OF the League or not.
II shall be the duty Of the Council
n such case to recommend TO the '
everal Governments concerned what !
effective military, naval or air force q
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