[Sidenote: Admission to the League.]
ART. VII.--Admission to the League of States, not signatories
to the covenant and not named in the protocol hereto as States to be
invited to adhere to the covenant, requires the assent of not less than
two-thirds of the States represented in the body of delegates, and shall
be limited to fully self-governing countries, including dominions and
colonies.
No State shall be admitted to the League unless it is able to give
effective guarantees of its sincere intention to observe its
international obligations and unless it shall conform to such principles
as may be prescribed by the League in regard to its naval and military
forces and armaments.
[Sidenote: To reduce national armaments.]
ART. VIII.--The high contracting parties recognize the
principle that the maintenance of peace will require the reduction of
national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety,
and the enforcement by common action of international obligations,
having special regard to the geographical situation and circumstances of
each State, and the Executive Council shall formulate plans for
effecting such reduction. The Executive Council shall also determine for
the consideration and action of the several Governments what military
equipment and armament is fair and reasonable in proportion to the scale
of forces laid down in the program of disarmament; and these limits,
when adopted, shall not be exceeded without the permission of the
Executive Council.
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