File 1355/1917 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic Convention.' [‎103r] (199/721)

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importation of arms or ammunition, whether complete or in parts, or
of material or of articles intended for armament, shall be authorised
on request to have them transported across the territory of such
State.
It shall, however, when making any such request, furnish
guarantees that the said articles are required for the needs of its own
Government, and will at no time be sold, transferred, or delivered
for private use nor used in any way contrary to the interests of the
High Contracting Parties.
Any violation of these conditions shall be formally established in
the following manner:—
(a) If the importing State is a sovereign independent Power, the
proof of the violation shall be advanced by one or more of the Repre
sentatives accredited to it of contiguous States among the High Con
tracting Parties. After the Representatives of the other contiguous
States have, if necessary, been informed, a joint enquiry into the
facts by all these Representatives will be opened, and if need be, the
importing State will be called upon to furnish explanations. If the
gravity of the case should so require, and if the explanations of the
importing State are considered unsatisfactory, the Representatives
will jointly notify the importing State that all transit licences in its
favour are suspended and that all future requests will be refused
until it shall have furnished new and satisfactory guarantees.
The forms and conditions of the guarantees provided by the
present Article shall be agreed upon previously by the Representatives
of the contiguous States among the High Contracting Parties. These
Representatives shall communicate to each other, as and when issued,
the transit licences granted by the competent authorities.
(b) If the importing State has been placed under the mandatory
system established by the League of Nations, the proof of the viola
tion shall be furnished by one of the High Contracting Parties or on
its own initiative by the Mandatory Power. The latter shall then
notify or demand, as the case may be, the suspension and future
refusal of all transit licences.
In cases wdiere a violation has been duly proved, no further transit
licence shall be granted to the offending State without the previous
consent of the Council of the League of Nations.
If any proceedings on the part of the importing State or if its
disturbed condition should threaten the public order of one of the
contiguous State signatories of the present Convention, the importa
tion in transit of arms, ammunition, material, and articles intended
for armament shall be refused to the importing State by all the con
tiguous States until order has been restored.
CHAPTER IV.
Maritime Supervision.
Article 11.
Subject to any contrary provisions in existing special agreements,
°r in future agreements, provided that in all cases such agreements