A League of Nations, Volume 1World Peace Foundation, 1918 |
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... taken in Italy and declaring policy toward the struggle for freedom in Greece , Spain and her American colonies 6. Europe's attitude toward intervention on behalf of Spain in the Latin - American revolution : Invasion of Spain by France ...
... taken in Italy and declaring policy toward the struggle for freedom in Greece , Spain and her American colonies 6. Europe's attitude toward intervention on behalf of Spain in the Latin - American revolution : Invasion of Spain by France ...
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... taken in centuries . This opportunity and the enormous sacrifices the Allies have made and are making to cut the cancer of militarism out of the body politic of the world must not be wasted by a patched - up compromise peace with the ...
... taken in centuries . This opportunity and the enormous sacrifices the Allies have made and are making to cut the cancer of militarism out of the body politic of the world must not be wasted by a patched - up compromise peace with the ...
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... taken from the arbitrament of war , and , in conformity with these examples , submitted to a judicial tribunal ; and Whereas , arbitration has been formally recognized as a substitute for war in the determination of differences between ...
... taken from the arbitrament of war , and , in conformity with these examples , submitted to a judicial tribunal ; and Whereas , arbitration has been formally recognized as a substitute for war in the determination of differences between ...
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... taken to heart sooner or later by other nations , and will thus mark the begin- ning of a new epoch in civilization . Profoundly impressed as I am , therefore , by the promise of tran- scendent good which this treaty affords , I do not ...
... taken to heart sooner or later by other nations , and will thus mark the begin- ning of a new epoch in civilization . Profoundly impressed as I am , therefore , by the promise of tran- scendent good which this treaty affords , I do not ...
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... taken by the United States . Secretary of State Root saw the cogency of the arguments for a court consisting of permanent judges , and in his instructions to the American delegates to the Second Hague Conference he discussed the problem ...
... taken by the United States . Secretary of State Root saw the cogency of the arguments for a court consisting of permanent judges , and in his instructions to the American delegates to the Second Hague Conference he discussed the problem ...
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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...