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... results of their efforts , no doubt , widely bene- ficent , their method has been one of the causes which has discredited International Law , as a system of actually binding rules . It has come about that neither the subject of the law ...
... results of their efforts , no doubt , widely bene- ficent , their method has been one of the causes which has discredited International Law , as a system of actually binding rules . It has come about that neither the subject of the law ...
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... result is , from the very com- mencement , a foregone conclusion , and the only issue involved for the more powerful State is that of the expediency of inflicting the chastisement , the expense its infliction will involve , and the ...
... result is , from the very com- mencement , a foregone conclusion , and the only issue involved for the more powerful State is that of the expediency of inflicting the chastisement , the expense its infliction will involve , and the ...
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... governments , or public opinion in civilised States . The result is that the enterprise is nothing more than a voluntary act of force , in which the whole and undivided responsibility rests , from first 12 MODERN WARS AND PERMANENT PEACE .
... governments , or public opinion in civilised States . The result is that the enterprise is nothing more than a voluntary act of force , in which the whole and undivided responsibility rests , from first 12 MODERN WARS AND PERMANENT PEACE .
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... result of exceptional economical perplexities , -yet they are not seriously contested in any quarters worthy of attention , and , in fact , are already raised to the dignity of universal dogmas or axioms . They not only guide the ...
... result of exceptional economical perplexities , -yet they are not seriously contested in any quarters worthy of attention , and , in fact , are already raised to the dignity of universal dogmas or axioms . They not only guide the ...
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... result of this educational stir is a popular appreciation of the true bearing and significance of the common facts of daily life . The conditions of national Popular interest wealth , the causes of high and low wages , the theory of ...
... result of this educational stir is a popular appreciation of the true bearing and significance of the common facts of daily life . The conditions of national Popular interest wealth , the causes of high and low wages , the theory of ...
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Page 315 - That this object would be exceeded by the employment of arms which uselessly aggravate the sufferings of disabled men, or render their death inevitable ; That the employment of such arms would, therefore, be contrary to the laws of humanity; The Contracting Parties engage mutually to renounce, in case of war among themselves, the employment by their military or naval troops of any projectile of a weight below 400 grammes, which is either explosive or charged with fulminating or inflammable substances.
Page 208 - 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 208 - ... 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 219 - The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, within the limits determined by the Act annexed to the treaties of the 19th of April, 1839, under the guarantee of the Courts of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia, shall henceforth form a perpetually neutral State. " It shall be bound to observe the same neutrality towards all other States.
Page 209 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain, having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal...
Page 210 - In consideration of these concessions, in order to secure the construction and permanence of the route or road herein contemplated, and also to secure, for the benefit of mankind, the uninterrupted advantages of such communication from sea to sea, the United States recognizes the rights of sovereignty and property of Honduras in and over the line...
Page 206 - ... the ancient rule of his Empire, and in virtue of which it has, at all times, been prohibited for the Ships of War of Foreign Powers to enter the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus; and that, so long as the Porte is at Peace, His Majesty will admit no Foreign Ship of War into the said Straits.
Page 315 - That the only legitimate object which States should endeavour to accomplish during war is to weaken the military forces of the enemy...
Page 340 - Prisoners of war may be employed on certain public works which have no immediate connection with the operations on the theatre of war, provided the employment be not excessive, nor humiliating to their military rank, if they belong to the army, or to their official or social position, if they do not belong to it.
Page 339 - Art. 23. Prisoners of war are lawful and disarmed enemies. They are in the power of the enemy's government, but not of the individuals or of the corps who made them prisoners. They should be treated with humanity. Every act of insubordination authorizes the necessary measures of severity to be taken with regard to them. All their personal effects except their arms are considered to be their own property.