The Geneva Protocol — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
The Geneva Protocol
John Stuart Mill · en
Consideration of the third paragraph of Article 11 of the Protocol in
connection with the third paragraph of Article 16 of the Covenant tends
to support the views already expressed. Without further elaboration, I
call particular attention to the last clause of the paragraph of the
Protocol mentioned and cite {80} the respective paragraphs of the two
documents in parallel columns:
_Paragraph 3 of Article 16 of _Paragraph 3 of Article 11 of
the Covenant._ the Protocol._
"The Members of the League "In accordance with paragraph
agree, further, that they will 3 of Article 16 of the
mutually support one another Covenant the signatory States
in the financial and economic give a joint and several
measures which are taken undertaking to come to the
under this Article, in order to assistance of the State attacked
minimize the loss and or threatened, and to give each
inconvenience resulting from the other mutual support by means
above measures, and that they of facilities and reciprocal
will mutually support one exchanges as regards the
another in resisting any special provision of raw materials and
measures aimed at one of their supplies of every kind, openings
number by the Covenant-breaking of credits, transport and transit,
State, and that they and for this purpose to take all
will take the necessary steps to measures in their power to
afford passage through their preserve the safety of
territory to the forces of any communications by land and by sea
of the Members of the League of the attacked or threatened
which are co-operating to State."
protect the covenants of the
League."
There are certain other provisions of the Protocol regarding sanctions
which should be mentioned at least for the sake of completeness.
It is the Council[10] which declares that sanctions are at an end and
that "normal conditions be re-established" (Article 14).
To the "extreme limit of its capacity," all costs of an aggression are
to be borne by the aggressor (Article 15). The language concerning the
extent of the liability involved is very sweeping, going much farther
than the categories of damage mentioned in Annex I of the Reparation
clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The plans to be drawn up by the council for the detailed application of
the economic and financial sanctions are to be "communicated" to the
Signatories--in other words, they are advisory, not binding (Article
12).