The Two Hague Conferences and Their Contributions to International LawFor International School of Peace, Ginn, 1908 - 516 pages |
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abstained abstentions agreed agreement amendment argument armaments army Article Austria Austria-Hungary Beernaert Belgium bombardment Britain Brussels bullets Captain Crozier Captain Mahan capture Choate Colonel von Schwarzhoff commissions of inquiry Conference of 1899 Conference of 1907 convention Count Nigra Court of Arbitration declaration Declaration of Paris delegation proposed desire discussion dispute Edward Fry enemy established favor ference France Geneva Convention Germany Hague honor hospital ships hostilities international law judges Julian Pauncefote justice laws and customs maritime mediation ment military musket nations Netherlands neutral power object obligatory arbitration opposed parties Peace Conference Permanent Court permitted plenary session ports present president principle prisoners prisoners of war private property prize Professor de Martens prohibition projectiles proposition question reason regard representatives restriction result Roumania Russian Russian programme Ruy Barbosa second conference signatory powers subcommission Switzerland territory tion treaty tribunal United States delegation vote warfare on land
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Page 301 - Animated by a strong desire to concert for the maintenance of the general peace; Resolved to second by their best efforts the friendly settlement of international disputes; Recognizing the solidarity which unites the members of the society of civilized nations; Desirous of extending the empire of law.
Page 472 - Independently of this recourse, the contracting Powers deem it expedient and desirable that one or more Powers, strangers to the dispute, should, on their own initiative and as far as circumstances may allow, offer their good offices or mediation to the states at variance.
Page 73 - The Second Peace Conference confirms the Resolution adopted by the Conference of 1899 in regard to the limitation of military expenditure; and inasmuch as military expenditure has considerably increased in almost every country since that time, the Conference declares that it is eminently desirable that the Governments should resume the serious examination of this question.
Page 468 - Employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions; xx.
Page 286 - If the votes are equally divided, the choice of the umpire is intrusted to a third power, selected by the parties by common accord. If an agreement is not arrived at on this subject, each party selects a different power, and the choice of the umpire is made in concert by the powers thus selected. If, within two months...
Page 272 - In case of a serious difference endangering the peace, the States at variance choose respectively a Power, to whom they intrust the mission of entering into direct communication with the Power chosen on the other side, with the object of preventing the rupture of pacific relations.
Page 396 - They are only public if it be so decided by the Tribunal, with the assent of the parties.
Page 267 - Acceptance, in principle, of the use of good offices, mediation, and voluntary arbitration, in cases where they are available, with the purpose of preventing armed conflicts between nations; understanding in relation to their mode of application and establishment of a uniform practice in employing them.
Page 48 - Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864.
Page 157 - Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.