The Two Hague Conferences and Their Contributions to International LawInternational School of Peace, 1908 - 516 pages |
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... practical expression when General Kuropatkin of the Russian army , M. Witte , Rus- sia's finance minister , and Count Mouravieff , the Russian minister of foreign affairs , were endeavoring in the sum- mer of 1898 to avoid the necessity ...
... practical expression when General Kuropatkin of the Russian army , M. Witte , Rus- sia's finance minister , and Count Mouravieff , the Russian minister of foreign affairs , were endeavoring in the sum- mer of 1898 to avoid the necessity ...
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... practical absorp- tion by Japan.j The twenty governments of Europe were represented as before , with the addition of Norway , which had recently separated wholly from Sweden . Montenegro followed its precedent of 1899 by requesting ...
... practical absorp- tion by Japan.j The twenty governments of Europe were represented as before , with the addition of Norway , which had recently separated wholly from Sweden . Montenegro followed its precedent of 1899 by requesting ...
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... practical solution of the problem might arise . But as this plan was too indefinite to be fruitful of practical results , a second Russian rescript was issued January 11 , 1899 [ Russian style , December 30 , 1898 ] , containing the ...
... practical solution of the problem might arise . But as this plan was too indefinite to be fruitful of practical results , a second Russian rescript was issued January 11 , 1899 [ Russian style , December 30 , 1898 ] , containing the ...
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... practical result . Even Russia , after being informed of these various r vations , declared that it would maintain its program April , 1906 , as the basis of the deliberations of the co ence , but that it would reserve in its turn the ...
... practical result . Even Russia , after being informed of these various r vations , declared that it would maintain its program April , 1906 , as the basis of the deliberations of the co ence , but that it would reserve in its turn the ...
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... practical result . Even Russia , after being informed of these various reser- vations , declared that it would maintain its programme of April , 1906 , as the basis of the deliberations of the confer- ence , but that it would reserve in ...
... practical result . Even Russia , after being informed of these various reser- vations , declared that it would maintain its programme of April , 1906 , as the basis of the deliberations of the confer- ence , but that it would reserve in ...
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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.