A League of Nations, Volume 1World Peace Foundation, 1918 |
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... nature of the work being conducted by the World Peace Foundation and its main actual activities stamp it as an organization striving for objects ' opposed to the existing laws ' and designed ' to bring about changes in the laws or ...
... nature of the work being conducted by the World Peace Foundation and its main actual activities stamp it as an organization striving for objects ' opposed to the existing laws ' and designed ' to bring about changes in the laws or ...
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... nature of a judicial tribunal , all of which was expressed by Franklin in his ex- clamation : " when will mankind be convinced that all wars are follies , very expensive and very mischievous , and agree to settle their dif- ferences by ...
... nature of a judicial tribunal , all of which was expressed by Franklin in his ex- clamation : " when will mankind be convinced that all wars are follies , very expensive and very mischievous , and agree to settle their dif- ferences by ...
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... nature to render uniform and obligatory , in the interest of the respective peoples , the essential rules of private international law . " - ( Revue de droit interna- tional , VI , 172-176 . ) On March 21 , 1874 , the second chamber of ...
... nature to render uniform and obligatory , in the interest of the respective peoples , the essential rules of private international law . " - ( Revue de droit interna- tional , VI , 172-176 . ) On March 21 , 1874 , the second chamber of ...
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... nature or the object of such difficulties . 5. The contracting parties bind themselves to observe and loyally to carry out the arbitral sentence . CLEVELAND REPLIES TO BRITISH MEMORIAL , 1887 . The next American move in the direction of ...
... nature or the object of such difficulties . 5. The contracting parties bind themselves to observe and loyally to carry out the arbitral sentence . CLEVELAND REPLIES TO BRITISH MEMORIAL , 1887 . The next American move in the direction of ...
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... nature or object , with the single exception mentioned in the next following article . Art . IV . The sole questions excepted from the provisions of the preceding articles are those which , in the judgment of any one of the nations ...
... nature or object , with the single exception mentioned in the next following article . Art . IV . The sole questions excepted from the provisions of the preceding articles are those which , in the judgment of any one of the nations ...
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Page 295 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Page 137 - All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored; and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be. righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all. IX. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. X. The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to...
Page 253 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defense.
Page 254 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us...
Page 27 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two contracting parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Page 261 - A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic Government could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants.
Page 284 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 252 - The question upon which the whole future peace and policy of the world depends is this: Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure peace, or only for a new balance of power? If it be only a struggle for a new balance of power, who will guarantee, who can guarantee, the stable equilibrium of the new arrangement?
Page 321 - The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into »nd safety, the hands of the occupant, the latter shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety...
Page 137 - ... nations. No other single act will serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they have themselves set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act the whole structure and validity of international law is forever impaired. VIII. All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine...