13, the Members of the League agree that they will submit the matter to the
Council. Any party to the dispute may effect such submission by giving notice of
the existence of the dispute to the Secretary General, who will make all
necessary arrangements for a full investigation and consideration thereof.
For this purpose the parties to the dispute will communicate to the Secretary
General, as promptly as possible, statements of their case with all the relevant
facts and papers, and the Council may forthwith direct the publication thereof.
The Council shall endeavour to effect a settlement of the dispute, and if such
efforts are successful, a statement shall be made public giving such facts and
explanations regarding the dispute and the terms of settlement thereof as the
Council may deem appropriate.
If the dispute is not thus settled, the Council either unanimously or by a majority vote shall make and publish a report
containing a statement of the facts of the dispute and the recommendations which are deemed just and proper in regard
thereto.
Any Member of the League represented on the Council may make public a statement of the facts of the dispute and of
its conclusions regarding the same.
If a report by the Council 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 agree that they will not go to war with any party to the
dispute which complies 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
Representatives of one or more of the parties to the dispute, the Members of the League reserve to themselves the right
to take such action as they shall consider necessary for the maintenance 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 matter which
by international law is solely within 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 referred at the
request of either party 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 Assembly, 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 Assembly, provided that a report made by the
Assembly, if concurred in by the Representatives of those Members of the 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 a report by the Council concurred in by all the members thereof other than the
Representatives of one or more of the parties to the dispute.
ARTICLE 16.
Should any Member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants
under Articles 12, 13, or 15, 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 subject it to the severance of all trade or financial relations,
the prohibition of all intercourse between their nations and the nationals of
the covenant-breaking State, and the prevention of all financial, commercial, or
personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-breaking State and
the nationals of any other State, whether a Member of the League or not.
It 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 severally contribute to the armed forces to be used to