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pairing an international conference for
their solution.
The preamble to the resolution de-
ciares that the experiences Of five years
have demonstrated the valuable services
which the league can render iowa rd
meeting rapidly legislative needs on in
ternational relations 1t also emphasizes
the desire to increase the contribution
of the league in improving or modifying
the tenets Of International law in con-
formity with the most modern and en-
lightened standards.
Provisions OF Draft.
The provisions Of the draft protocol
for the outlawry of war, already ap-
proved by the French and British
representatives, which was presented
today by Foreign Minister Benes OF
CZechoSl ovakia to the disarmament
committee OF the league and which
became available late yesterday to
the Associated Press, are, in sub
stance, as follows:
The drafts begin by stating that
with view to insuring lasting
peace in the world and to guaran-
teeing the security of peoples whose
existence, liberty and territory might
be threatened. and being desirous or
establishing a system providing for
peaceful settlement of disputes aris-
ing between the members of the in
ternational community and for the
repression, if necessary, or interna-
tional crime and being determined to
carry out the reduction and limita-
tion of armaments contemplated in
Article VIII Of the covenant of the
League of Nations, 1t is agreed to ac-
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Articles /. IL. III and V Of the draft
eventually must be drawn up in
agreement with the arbitration COM
mission of the assembly. They pro-
vide that the signatorieS recognized
henceforward as obligatory ipso jure
and without special convention, the
jurisdiction of the World Court of
Justice in conformity with the COM
pulsory arbitration clause, but with
reservations.
Powers Defined.
These include that in the applica-
tion of Articles XII, Mi and Nv of
the covenant the signatories. confirm
their undertaking to submit to the
council of the league all disputes,
In respect to which no other court
of arbitration is provided for, with
the understanding that the league as
decide as to the necessity for the
revision of existing treaties.
The council shall act as court Of
arbitration, taking it's decisions by a
majority vote, and the parties to the
dispute shall retain the right to sit
in the council during discussion of
the matter submitted. During exam
inaton of the dispute, the council
may, by a majority vote, order meas
ures TO be taken by the parties in
volved with a view to preventing or
stopping armed conflict. The pro-
cedure provided in the foregoing arri-
Gle shall apply to the permanent court
of justice in cases which come with
in the competence of this court. II
a dispute is submitted for arbitration
to some other body than the court or
the council, the council of the league
shall have power to follow this pro-
cedure.
Commission Duty Fixed.
Article " of the draft provides that
to safeguard the carrying out of pro-
visional measures to prevent conflicts
and to facilitate recognition of an ag-
greSsor the council or the Permanent
Court of Justice, on it's own initiative
or at the request of one of the parties
to the conflict, shall, when an appeal is
made or at any other time. arrange Tor
the sending Of international supervisory
commissions These commissions shall
during the entire course of the procedure
be intrusted with the task of insuring
that none of the parties engage upon
the preparation Of mobilization of an
economic or military nature. The COM
missions shall be composed of military
and civil experts appointed by the coun-
Gil of the league from lists constantly
kept up to date by the different govern
mentS.
Article V, which must go before the
arbitration commission of the assembly,
declares that a signatory state which
fails to submit its disputes to the rules
of peaceful settlement indicated above
or fails to carry out the awards Of COM
petent arbitration bodies within the
limits defined in a decision and, if its
act Of disobedience is liable to trouble
world peace, then it shall be declared
an aggressor state and outlawed. This
declaration Of aggression shall be made
by the Permanent Court Of Justice when
an order issued by it has not been car
ried out, and in all other cases by the