Switzerland (concluded), Russia and PolandHenry Smith Williams The Times, 1907 |
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... Russian war with Turkey , 405. Successes of Laudon , 405. Victories of Suvarov , 406. Austrian and Russian valour ; Austria's withdrawal , 408. Russia prosecutes the war ; the storm of Ismail , 409. European intervention ; the Treaty of ...
... Russian war with Turkey , 405. Successes of Laudon , 405. Victories of Suvarov , 406. Austrian and Russian valour ; Austria's withdrawal , 408. Russia prosecutes the war ; the storm of Ismail , 409. European intervention ; the Treaty of ...
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... Russia itself . Here lies the fundamental differ- ence between Russia and the rest of Europe . There is a vast gulf , ever broadening , between the Russian intelligentia and the moujiks . Thought and culture , nay even civilisation ...
... Russia itself . Here lies the fundamental differ- ence between Russia and the rest of Europe . There is a vast gulf , ever broadening , between the Russian intelligentia and the moujiks . Thought and culture , nay even civilisation ...
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... Russian life to a much higher degree than a Russian would care to admit or western Europeans have realised . Greater and greater became the gulf between the Russian and the Romance and Teutonic worlds . But that gulf might have been ...
... Russian life to a much higher degree than a Russian would care to admit or western Europeans have realised . Greater and greater became the gulf between the Russian and the Romance and Teutonic worlds . But that gulf might have been ...
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... Russian Burns , Bielinski , the Russian Lessing , died in misery , the latter at the age of thirty - eight . Czerncevski was torn from his literary activity and sent to Siberia . Dobrolubov sang his swan - song in his twenty - fifth ...
... Russian Burns , Bielinski , the Russian Lessing , died in misery , the latter at the age of thirty - eight . Czerncevski was torn from his literary activity and sent to Siberia . Dobrolubov sang his swan - song in his twenty - fifth ...
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... Russian thought and Russian society . any too , and England , Byron and his individual- way in Russia . The independence of Russian thought vcement only dates from about 1840. When it en it became conscious of itself , it felt that it ...
... Russian thought and Russian society . any too , and England , Byron and his individual- way in Russia . The independence of Russian thought vcement only dates from about 1840. When it en it became conscious of itself , it felt that it ...
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Page 626 - 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 634 - Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864.
Page 630 - 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 638 - To kill or wound treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army. c. To kill or wound an enemy who, having laid down his arms, or having no longer means of defence, has surrendered at discretion; d.
Page 629 - 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...
Page 128 - Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 636 - 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 627 - 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 630 - 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 638 - In sieges and bombardments all necessary steps should be taken to spare as far as possible edifices devoted to religion, art, science, and charity, hospitals, and places where the sick and wounded are collected, provided they are not used at the same time for military purposes. The besieged should indicate these buildings or places by some particular and visible signs, which should previously be notified to the assailants.