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... these , espe- cially of the last , has not been rated highly enough - so much so , that many readers of standard text - books would be of opin- lition . ion that the authors held War to be little more 1 * LEGITIMATE AIMS OF LAWS OF WAR . 9.
... these , espe- cially of the last , has not been rated highly enough - so much so , that many readers of standard text - books would be of opin- lition . ion that the authors held War to be little more 1 * LEGITIMATE AIMS OF LAWS OF WAR . 9.
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Sheldon Amos. ion that the authors held War to be little more of an evil than a civil lawsuit , and the acquisition of territory , or of a commer- cial advantage , happily and honorably purchased by War . Owing to this levity or ...
Sheldon Amos. ion that the authors held War to be little more of an evil than a civil lawsuit , and the acquisition of territory , or of a commer- cial advantage , happily and honorably purchased by War . Owing to this levity or ...
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... held that War is ( at best ) nothing but a disastrous means to an indispensable end ; that no greater injury ought to be done an enemy than is needed to attain this end , and that it is the imperative moral duty of statesmen to exhaust ...
... held that War is ( at best ) nothing but a disastrous means to an indispensable end ; that no greater injury ought to be done an enemy than is needed to attain this end , and that it is the imperative moral duty of statesmen to exhaust ...
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... held by almost every Christian sect , tend far more to draw men and na- Christian prin- ciples must ulti- mately tend to Peace . tions together than to dissociate them , though no doubt a sad experience has shown that there is also a ...
... held by almost every Christian sect , tend far more to draw men and na- Christian prin- ciples must ulti- mately tend to Peace . tions together than to dissociate them , though no doubt a sad experience has shown that there is also a ...
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... held one day in indiscriminate remembrance with others who died in obedience to their country's laws . There need be no exaggera- tions on one side or the other . The issue is far too momentous to admit of any other treatment than one ...
... held one day in indiscriminate remembrance with others who died in obedience to their country's laws . There need be no exaggera- tions on one side or the other . The issue is far too momentous to admit of any other treatment than one ...
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Page 147 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 219 - ... any projectile of a weight below 400 grammes, which is either explosive or charged with fulminating or inflammable substances.
Page 147 - ... with reference to any means of communication by Ship-Canal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 146 - The Black Sea is neutralized ; its waters and its ports, thrown open to the mercantile marine of every nation, are formally and in perpetuity interdicted to the flag of war, either of the Powers possessing its coasts or of any other Power, with the exceptions mentioned in Articles 14 and 19 of the present treaty.