dispute to the Permanent Secretary, who will make all necessary arrangements for
a full investigation and consideration thereof.
Article 19
Should any Member of the Fellowship resort to war in disregard of its covenants
under Articles 13, 14,15, or 17, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed
an act of war against all other Members of the Fellowship, which hereby under
take 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 nation, and the prevention of all financial, commercial, or
personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-breaking nation and
the nationals of any other nation, whether a Member of the Fellowship or not.
Article 20
In the event of a dispute between a Member of the Fellowship and a state or
nation which is not a Member of the Fellowship, or between states or nations not
Members of the Fellowship, the state(s) or nation(s), not Members of the
Fellowship shall be invited to accept the obligations of membership in the
Fellowship for the purposes of such dispute, upon such conditions as the Assembly
may deem just. If such invitation is accepted, the provisions of Articles 13 to 17
inclusive shall be applied with such modifications as may be deemed necessary
by the Assembly.
Upon such invitation being given, the Assembly shall immediately institute an
inquiry into the circumstances of the dispute and recommend such action as may
seem best and most effectual in the circumstances.
If a state or nation so invited shall refuse to accept the obligations of membership
in the Fellowship for the purposes of such dispute, and shall resort to war against
a Member of the Fellowship, the provisions of Article 16 shall be applicable as
against the state or nation taking such action.
If both parties to the dispute when so invited refuse to accept the obligations of
membership in the Fellowship for the purpose of such dispute, the Assembly may
take such measures and make such recommendations as will prevent hostilities
and will result in the settlement of the dispute.
Article 21
The Members of the Fellowship severally agree that this Covenant is accepted as
abrogating all obligations or understandings inter se which are inconsistent 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 Fellowship shall, before becoming a Member of the
Fellowship, have undertaken any obligations inconsistent with the terms of this
Covenant, it shall be the duty of such Member to take immediate steps to procure
its release from such obligations.
Article 22
There shall be placed under the direction of the Assembly all international bureaux
already established by general treaties where the parties to such treaties do not
extend beyond the parties to the present treaty. All such international bureaux
and all commissions for the regulation of matters of international interest hereafter
constituted shall be placed under the direction of the Assembly.
In all matters of international interest which are regulated by general conventions
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