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MULTILATERAL-NARCOTIC DRUGS. JULY 13,1931. 1577 Article sa. The High Contracting Parties will communicate to each other' W:~t tramc ~ through the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, as soon as possible, particulars of each case of illicit traffic discovered by them which may be of importance either because of the quantities involved or because of the light thrown on the sources from which drugs are obtained for the illicit traffic or the methods employed by illicit traffickers. The particulars given shall indicate as far as possible: (a) The kind and quantity of drugs involved; (b) The ori¢n of the drugs, their marks and labels; (c) The pomts at which the drugs were diverted into the illicit traffic; (d) The place from which the drugs were despatched, and the names of shipping or forwarding agents or consignors; the methods of consignment and the name and address of consignees, if known; (6) The methods and routes used by smu~lers and names of ships, if any, in which the drugs have been shipped; (j) The action taken by the Government in regard to the persons involved, particularly those possessing authorisations or licences and the penalties imposed. (0) Any other information which would assist in the sup- pression of illicit traffic.. Article S4. The present Convention shall supplement the Hague Convention .u~~ ~= of 1912 and the Geneva Convention of 1925 in the relations between vl~':i1.~va~· the High Contracting Parties bound by at least one of these latter Conventions. Article S5. If there should arise between the High Contracting Parties a dis- pus:!~lemlDt of dis- pute of any kind relating to the interpretation or application of the present Convention and if such dispute cannot be satisfactorily settled by diplomacy, it shall be settled in accordance with any applicable agreements in force between the Parties providing for the settlement of international disputes. In case there is no such agreement in force between the Parties, the dispute shall be referred to arbitration or judicial settlement. In the absence of agreement on the choice of another tribunal, the dispute shall, at the request of anyone of the Parties, be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice, if all the Parties to the dispute are Parties to the Protocol of December 16th, 1920, relating to the Statute of that Court, and, if any of the Parties to the dispute is not a Party to the Protocol of December 16th, 1920, to an arbitral Vol. 3«1, p. 2221. tribunal constituted in accordance with the Hague Convention of October 18th, 1907, for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.