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provision that it could not be amended without the Council s
consent.
Article 104 of the Treaty of Versailles provides that the relations
between Poland and Danzig shall be defined by a treaty to be
negotiated by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers between
Poland and the Free City. This instrument develops further the
League’s functions:
Convention between Poland and the Free City of Danzig, 9
November, 1920. (6 Treaty Series, p. 189):
Article 6: The foreign relations of Danzig are conducted by
Poland, but this article provides that Danzig shall be consulted on
treaty provisions which concern her, and empowers the High Com¬
missioner to veto provisions which in the opinion of the League
Council are inconsistent with the convention or the Free City’s
status.
Article 7: Under this article, the Free City may only raise
foreign loans after previous consultation with Poland and, if Poland
objects, the High Commissioner is to act as arbitrator under article
39. The High Commissioner must satisfy himself that the loan is
consistent with the convention and the Free City’s status.
Article 19: In case of disagreement between Poland and Danzig,
the League Council appoints the neutral president of the Danzig
Harbour Board, which is a joint Danzig-Polish authority.
Article 39: “Any difficulties arising between Poland and the
Free City in regard to the present convention or to any other sub¬
sequent agreements, arrangements or conventions, or to any matter
affecting the relations between Poland and the Free City, shall be
submitted by one or the other party to the decision of the High
Commissioner, who shall, if he deems it necessary, refer the matter
to the Council of the League of Nations.
“The two parties retain the right of appeal to the Council of the
League of Nations.”
13. Non-fortification and neutralisation of the Aaland Islands.
The convention establishing this status for the islands is prima
facie of the kind which survives war between the parties, and
article 8 provides that it shall remain in force “in spite of any
changes that may take place in the present status quo in the Baltic
Sea”. The preamble recites that the contracting states are carrying
provision that it could not be amended without the Council s
consent.
Article 104 of the Treaty of Versailles provides that the relations
between Poland and Danzig shall be defined by a treaty to be
negotiated by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers between
Poland and the Free City. This instrument develops further the
League’s functions:
Convention between Poland and the Free City of Danzig, 9
November, 1920. (6 Treaty Series, p. 189):
Article 6: The foreign relations of Danzig are conducted by
Poland, but this article provides that Danzig shall be consulted on
treaty provisions which concern her, and empowers the High Com¬
missioner to veto provisions which in the opinion of the League
Council are inconsistent with the convention or the Free City’s
status.
Article 7: Under this article, the Free City may only raise
foreign loans after previous consultation with Poland and, if Poland
objects, the High Commissioner is to act as arbitrator under article
39. The High Commissioner must satisfy himself that the loan is
consistent with the convention and the Free City’s status.
Article 19: In case of disagreement between Poland and Danzig,
the League Council appoints the neutral president of the Danzig
Harbour Board, which is a joint Danzig-Polish authority.
Article 39: “Any difficulties arising between Poland and the
Free City in regard to the present convention or to any other sub¬
sequent agreements, arrangements or conventions, or to any matter
affecting the relations between Poland and the Free City, shall be
submitted by one or the other party to the decision of the High
Commissioner, who shall, if he deems it necessary, refer the matter
to the Council of the League of Nations.
“The two parties retain the right of appeal to the Council of the
League of Nations.”
13. Non-fortification and neutralisation of the Aaland Islands.
The convention establishing this status for the islands is prima
facie of the kind which survives war between the parties, and
article 8 provides that it shall remain in force “in spite of any
changes that may take place in the present status quo in the Baltic
Sea”. The preamble recites that the contracting states are carrying
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