A League of Nations, Volume 1World Peace Foundation, 1918 |
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... possible in the new temper of such a peace , due regard being paid to the aspirations of the peoples whose political fortunes and affiliations will be involved . It is manifest that no part of this program can be successfully carried ...
... possible in the new temper of such a peace , due regard being paid to the aspirations of the peoples whose political fortunes and affiliations will be involved . It is manifest that no part of this program can be successfully carried ...
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... it will have no peace ; moreover , the oppression of one race by another must , so far as possible , be removed . We are at war to prevent any nation from imposing an autocratic military system on the world , or on any people.
... it will have no peace ; moreover , the oppression of one race by another must , so far as possible , be removed . We are at war to prevent any nation from imposing an autocratic military system on the world , or on any people.
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... possible without recourse to war.2 An hour later Godlove S. Orth of Indiana reported another resolu- tion by unanimous consent from the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and this was also adopted without debate . This declaration of prin ...
... possible without recourse to war.2 An hour later Godlove S. Orth of Indiana reported another resolu- tion by unanimous consent from the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and this was also adopted without debate . This declaration of prin ...
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... possible , a permanent treaty of arbitration between the French Republic and the Republic of the United States of America . " - ( Foreign Relations of the United States , 1895 , 427 ; cf. Messages and Papers of the Presidents , 6060 ...
... possible , a permanent treaty of arbitration between the French Republic and the Republic of the United States of America . " - ( Foreign Relations of the United States , 1895 , 427 ; cf. Messages and Papers of the Presidents , 6060 ...
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... possible that there should be a movement in the direction of a court of arbitra- tion ? " " 2 Mr. Hill wrote the instructions of the Department of State to the delegates to the Peace Conference , and he annexed thereto his plan ' Ibid ...
... possible that there should be a movement in the direction of a court of arbitra- tion ? " " 2 Mr. Hill wrote the instructions of the Department of State to the delegates to the Peace Conference , and he annexed thereto his plan ' Ibid ...
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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...