Independence of States — Paragraph 8 of Article 15 of the Covenant of the League — Matters of Exclusive Domestic Jurisdiction — Relative Nature of.

Protectorates — Powers of the Protecting State — Sources of — Regulation by International Law.

Clausula rebus sic stantibus — Invoked by France before the Permanent Court of International Justice.

Covenant of the League of Nations — Interpretation of — Paragraph 8 of Article 15 — Matters of Domestic Jurisdiction — Meaning of — Object of Paragraph 8 — Relative Character of Matters of Domestic Jurisdiction — Character of Decision as to Nature of a Dispute within the Meaning of Paragraph 8 — Differences in the English and French Texts of the Covenant.