PREVENTING OF WAR Upon any war, or threat of war, the Council will meet to consider what com mon action shall be taken. Members are pledged to submit matters of dis pute to arbitration or inquiry and not to resort to war until three months after the award. Members agree to carry out an arbitral award and not to go to war with any party to the dispute which complies with it. If a member fails to carry out the award, the Council will propose the necessary measures. The Council will formulate plans for the es tablishment of a permanent court of in ternational justice to determine interna tional disputes or to give advisory opin ions. Members who do not submit their case to arbitration must accept the jur isdiction of the Assembly. If the Coun cil, less the parties to the dispute, is unanimously agreed upon the rights of it, the members agree that they will not go to war with any party to the dispute which complies with its recommenda tions. In this case, a recommendation,
by the Assembly, concurred in by all its members represented on the Council and a simple majority of the rest, less the parties to the dispute, will have the force of a unanimous recommendation by the Council. In either case, if the necessary agreement cannot be secured, the mem bers reserve the right to take such ac tion as may be necessary for the main tenance of right and justice. Members resorting to war in disregard of the covenant will immediately be debarred from all intercourse with other mem bers. The Council will in such cases consider what military or naval action can be taken by the League collectively for the protection of the covenants and will afford facilities to members co-oper ating in this enterprise.