The Historians' History of the World: Switzerland (concluded ), Russia and PolandHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... allied troops before the gates of Geneva , the burghers , unaware of the bad state of their defences , swore to bury themselves in the ruins of their native town rather than yield . But when the cannon of the besiegers was advanced up ...
... allied troops before the gates of Geneva , the burghers , unaware of the bad state of their defences , swore to bury themselves in the ruins of their native town rather than yield . But when the cannon of the besiegers was advanced up ...
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... allies was very loose , and far different from that which fastened together the united provinces of Holland , or ... allied to all . The eight older cantons had among them a federal compact for their common defence , and even of these ...
... allies was very loose , and far different from that which fastened together the united provinces of Holland , or ... allied to all . The eight older cantons had among them a federal compact for their common defence , and even of these ...
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... ally on the Continent . At this period the French Republic had acquired a colossal strength . The king of Sardinia , deprived of half his territory , was the vassal of France ; the pope , and the king of Naples , owed the possession of ...
... ally on the Continent . At this period the French Republic had acquired a colossal strength . The king of Sardinia , deprived of half his territory , was the vassal of France ; the pope , and the king of Naples , owed the possession of ...
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... allies , the public - spirited part of the Swiss nation fondly imagined that the hour was come in which their country's honour and independence might be established on a firmer footing than ever . To preserve the benefits gained to the ...
... allies , the public - spirited part of the Swiss nation fondly imagined that the hour was come in which their country's honour and independence might be established on a firmer footing than ever . To preserve the benefits gained to the ...
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... allied powers hoped to find none but friends there . Their majesties pledged themselves solemnly not to lay down their arms until they should have secured the restoration to Switz- erland of the territories wrested from her by France ...
... allied powers hoped to find none but friends there . Their majesties pledged themselves solemnly not to lay down their arms until they should have secured the restoration to Switz- erland of the territories wrested from her by France ...
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Page 624 - His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, declare the Sublime Porte admitted to participate in the advantages of the public law and system (concert) of Europe.
Page 632 - Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864.
Page 628 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag. 4. 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.
Page 627 - Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of all the Russias, and the King of Sardinia, on the other part, engage to respect this determination of the Sultan, and to conform themselves to the principle above declared.
Page 629 - Bulgaria should be' constituted an autonomous and tributary Principality under the suzerainty of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. It will have a Christian Government and a national militia.
Page 126 - Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 634 - The duties of arbitrator may be conferred on one arbitrator alone or on several arbitrators selected by the parties as they please, or chosen by them from the members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration established by the present Act.
Page 625 - If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other Signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Contracting Parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their Mediation.
Page 628 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. 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.
Page 628 - The present declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.