Texts of the Peace Conferences at the Hague, 1899 and 1907: With English Translation and Appendix of Related DocumentsJames Brown Scott Pub. for the International School of Peace, Ginn, 1908 - 447 pages |
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... President Lincoln and embodied by him in General Order No. 100 of the year 1863 , has now developed , after forty - four years , into the universal " Convention regarding the laws and customs of land warfare , " signed at the last Hague ...
... President Lincoln and embodied by him in General Order No. 100 of the year 1863 , has now developed , after forty - four years , into the universal " Convention regarding the laws and customs of land warfare , " signed at the last Hague ...
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... President of the United States would have been in an intrenched position ; for he could have insisted that this matter , being a question of fact , be submitted to a commission of inquiry ready for constitu- tion under rules of ...
... President of the United States would have been in an intrenched position ; for he could have insisted that this matter , being a question of fact , be submitted to a commission of inquiry ready for constitu- tion under rules of ...
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... be followed by the text in separate form . The preamble of the Final Act states : - " The Second International Conference of Peace , proposed by the President of the United States of America , having been INTRODUCTION xix.
... be followed by the text in separate form . The preamble of the Final Act states : - " The Second International Conference of Peace , proposed by the President of the United States of America , having been INTRODUCTION xix.
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... President Roosevelt . It is common knowledge that Russia was not in a position to call the conference during two eventful years . Time was slipping by and those who believed in conferences were anxious that a new confer- ence should ...
... President Roosevelt . It is common knowledge that Russia was not in a position to call the conference during two eventful years . Time was slipping by and those who believed in conferences were anxious that a new confer- ence should ...
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... President Roosevelt wisely and truly said that " such a provision would have prevented much injustice and extortion in the past . " It is emphatically a peace measure , for the creditor renounces force and binds himself to sub- mit his ...
... President Roosevelt wisely and truly said that " such a provision would have prevented much injustice and extortion in the past . " It is emphatically a peace measure , for the creditor renounces force and binds himself to sub- mit his ...
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Page 29 - Powers as the most effective, and, at the same time, the most equitable means of settling disputes which diplomacy has failed to settle.
Page 48 - En attendant qu'un Code plus complet des lois de la guerre puisse être édicté, les Hautes Parties Contractantes jugent opportun de constater que, dans les cas non compris dans les dispositions réglementaires adoptées par Elles, les populations et les belligérants restent sous la sauvegarde et sous l'empire des principes du droit des gens, tels qu'ils résultent des usages établis entre nations civilisées, des lois de l'humanité et des exigences de la conscience publique.
Page 210 - ... d'avoir un signe distinctif fixe et reconnaissable à distance; 3° de porter les armes ouvertement et 4" de se conformer dans leurs opérations aux lois et coutumes de la guerre. Dans les pays où les milices ou des corps de volontaires constituent l'armée ou en font partie, ils sont compris sous la dénomination d'armée.
Page 193 - Nothing contained in this Convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign State; nor shall anything contained in the said Convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.•...
Page 169 - Dans les questions d'ordre juridique et, en premier lieu, dans les questions d'interprétation ou d'application des Conventions internationales, l'arbitrage est reconnu par les Puissances Contractantes comme le moyen le plus efficace et en même temps le plus équitable de régler les litiges qui n'ont pas été résolus par les voies diplomatiques.
Page 255 - The provisions of the present Convention do not apply except between Contracting Powers, and then only if all the belligerents are parties to the Convention.
Page 56 - Le bureau de renseignements est également chargé de recueillir et de centraliser tous les objets d'un usage personnel, valeurs, lettres, etc., qui seront trouvés sur les...
Page 225 - The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into 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, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country.
Page 245 - S'il arrivait qu'une des puissances contractantes voulût dénoncer la présente convention, la dénonciation sera notifiée par écrit au gouvernement des Pays-Bas qui communiquera immédiatement copie certifiée conforme de la notification à toutes les autres puissances en leur faisant savoir la date à laquelle il l'a reçue. La dénonciation ne produira ses effets qu'à l'égard de la puissance qui l'aura notifiée et un an après que la notification en sera parvenue au gouvernement des Pays-Bas.
Page 27 - Commissions internationales d'enquête. ART. 9. — Dans les litiges d'ordre international n'engageant ni l'honneur ni des intérêts essentiels et provenant d'une divergence d'appréciation sur des points de fait, les puissances signataires jugent utile que les parties qui n'auraient pu se mettre d'accord par les voies diplomatiques instituent, en tant que les circonstances le permettront, une Commission internationale d'enquête...