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Title: Approaches to the great settlement
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 Angell, Pauline Knickerbocker, 1886-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 International law and relations
Publisher: New York, B. W. Huebsch
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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the United States to joina league of nations binding the signatories to the following: First: All justiciable questions arising between the sig-natory powers, not settled by negotiation, shall, subject tothe limitations of treaties, be submitted to a judicial tribunalfor hearing and judgment, both upon the merits and uponany issue as to its jurisdiction of the question. Second: All other questions arising between the signa-tories, and not settled by negotiation, shall be submitted to acouncil of conciliation for hearing, consideration and recom-mendation. Third: The signatory powers shall jointly use forthwithboth their economic and military forces against any one oftheir number that goes to war, or commits acts of hostility,against another of the signatories before any question arisingshall be submitted as provided in the foregoing. The following interpretation of Article 3 has been au-thorized by the Executive Committee: The signatory powers shall jointly use, forthwith, their(252)
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Photo by International Film Service J. RAMSAY MACDONALD, M.P. economic forces against any of their number that refuses tosubmit any question which arises to an international judicialtribunal or council of conciliation before issuing an ulti-matum or threatening war. They shall follow this by thejoint use of their military forces against that nation if itactually proceeds to make war or invades anothers territory.Fourth: Conferences between the signatory powers shallbe held from time to time to formulate and codify rules ofinternational law, which, unless some signatory shall signifyits dissent within a stated period, shall thereafter govern inthe decisions of the Judicial Tribunal mentioned in ArticleOne. (253) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES: REFERENDUM ON PEACE (In November, 1915, the Board of Directors ofthe Chamber of Commerce of the United States(which has a membership of 350,000), sent out areferendum on the subject of the several proposalsof the League to Enforce Peace

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