The Two Hague Conferences and Their Contributions to International LawInternational School of Peace, 1908 - 516 pages |
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... military power , the one , too , which can increase its military strength unrestricted by constitutional and parliamentary checks . But at many times in history " good things have come out of Nazareth " ;, and there is no sufficient ...
... military power , the one , too , which can increase its military strength unrestricted by constitutional and parliamentary checks . But at many times in history " good things have come out of Nazareth " ;, and there is no sufficient ...
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... military and with naval matters respectively ; and the III Commission appointed a single " committee of examination , " to report upon the various plans of arbitration submitted to it . Thus , the various organs of the conference were ...
... military and with naval matters respectively ; and the III Commission appointed a single " committee of examination , " to report upon the various plans of arbitration submitted to it . Thus , the various organs of the conference were ...
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... military and naval for the military budgets pertaining to them gation of the means by which even a budgets may be secured in the future " 2. A prohibition of the introduce any new kinds of firearms whatsoever as and sof forces und 26 ...
... military and naval for the military budgets pertaining to them gation of the means by which even a budgets may be secured in the future " 2. A prohibition of the introduce any new kinds of firearms whatsoever as and sof forces und 26 ...
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... military bur- den necessarily rested , and when Bismarck fell from power in 1890 they hoped that his system of " blood and iron " would end . Less than a month after Bismarek's death ( July 30 , 1898 ) , the Czar issued his rescript for ...
... military bur- den necessarily rested , and when Bismarck fell from power in 1890 they hoped that his system of " blood and iron " would end . Less than a month after Bismarek's death ( July 30 , 1898 ) , the Czar issued his rescript for ...
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... military or naval forces , the Imperial Government proposes as the programme of the projected meeting the following principal points : " 1. Improvements in those provisions of the convention relative to the settlement of international ...
... military or naval forces , the Imperial Government proposes as the programme of the projected meeting the following principal points : " 1. Improvements in those provisions of the convention relative to the settlement of international ...
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Page 143 - 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 120 - ARTICLE XII. Any prisoner of war, who is liberated on parole and recaptured, bearing arms against the Government to whom he had pledged his honor, or against the allies of that Government, forfeits his right to be treated as a prisoner of war, and can be brought before the Courts.
Page 124 - If, in the territory occupied, the occupant collects the taxes, dues, and tolls imposed for the benefit of the State, he shall do so, as far as...
Page 163 - 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...
Page 147 - 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 238 - They are only public if it be so decided by the Tribunal, with the assent of the parties.
Page 120 - ARTICLE XXIX. An individual can only be considered a spy if, acting clandestinely, or on false pretences, he obtains, or seeks to obtain, information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party.
Page 139 - 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 149 - The maintenance of general peace and a possible reduction of the excessive armaments which weigh upon all nations present themselves in the existing condition of the whole world, as the ideal towards which the endeavors of all Governments should be directed.
Page 141 - 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.