A signatory refusing to accept the jurisdiction of the Court in any such case shall be deemed an aggressor within the terms of this Declaration. Failure to accept the jurisdiction of the Court within four days after notification of submission of a claim of violation of this Declaration shall be deemed a refusal to accept the jurisdiction. ARTICLE 6.--The Court shall also have jurisdiction on the complaint of any signatory to make a judgment to the effect that there has or has not in any given case been committed a violation of international law within the terms of Article 4. ARTICLE 7.--The Court shall, in any case, have the power to indicate, if it considers that circumstances so require, any provisional measures which ought to be taken to reserve the respective rights of either party. Pending the final decision, notice of the measures suggested shall forthwith be given to the parties. CHAPTER III. SANCTIONS. ARTICLE 8.--In the event of any H.C.P. having been adjudged an aggressor pursuant to this Declaration, all commercial, trade, financial and property interests of the aggressor shall cease to be entitled, either in the territory of the other signatories or on {265} the high seas, to any privileges, protection, rights or immunities accorded by either international law, national law or treaty. Any H.C.P. may in such case take such steps towards the severence of trade, financial, commercial and personal intercourse with the aggressor and its nationals as it may deem proper and the H.C.P. may also consult together in this regard. The period during which any such economic sanction may be continued shall be fixed at any time by the Court at the request of any signatory. In the matter of measures of force to be taken, each signatory shall consult its own interests and obligations. ARTICLE 9.--If any H.C.P. shall be adjudged an aggressor by the Permanent Court of International Justice, such Power shall be liable for all damage to all other H.C.P. resulting from its aggression. CHAPTER IV. DECREES OF THE PERMANENT COURT. ARTICLE 10.--The H.C.P. agree to accept the judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice as to the fulfilment of violation of the contracts of this Declaration. Any question arising under this Declaration is _ipso facto_ within the jurisdiction of the Court. ARTICLE 11.--If a dispute arising under this Declaration shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice, it is for the Court to decide as to its jurisdiction and also whether or not its decree has been complied with. ARTICLE 12.--The High Contracting Parties, recognising that excessive armaments constitute a menace of war, agree to participate in the Permanent Advisory Conference on Disarmament decided upon by the Fifth Assembly of the League of Nations. ARTICLE 13.--The present Declaration shall be ratified. The ratifications shall be deposited as soon as possible with the Secretary General of the League of Nations. {266}