Effect of Treaties between Signature and Ratification — Effect between Ratification and Transfer of Sovereignty in Case of Plebiscite — Right to Alienate Property.

Burden of Proof — Abuse of Rights — The Burden of Proof Resting upon a State Alleging the Abuse of a Right by Another State.

Cession — Conditional Renunciation of Sovereignty — Plebiscite — Powers of Ceding States between Ratification of Treaty and Transfer of Sovereignty — Period between Signature and Ratification — Right to Alienate State Property in the Course of Normal Administration — Plebiscite Territory of Upper Silesia — Article 256 of the Treaty of Versailles.