Treaty of Peace with Germany: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Sixty-sixth Congress, First Session on the Treaty of Peace with Germany, Signed at Versailles on June 28, 1919, and Submitted to the Senate on July 10, 1919U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - 1297 pages |
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... Senator KNOX . Where do you find that , Mr. Baruch , in the treaty ; what ... FALL . May I ask you a question ? Why do you think that is a better ... Senator FALL . I will withdraw the question until we have those data . Mr. BARUCH . You ...
... Senator KNOX . Where do you find that , Mr. Baruch , in the treaty ; what ... FALL . May I ask you a question ? Why do you think that is a better ... Senator FALL . I will withdraw the question until we have those data . Mr. BARUCH . You ...
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... Senator FALL . If we do not guarantee the debts due to our own nationals as other nations propose to do , and do not use the excess of the proceeds of sales of alien property for the discharge of such debts , we are the only nation that ...
... Senator FALL . If we do not guarantee the debts due to our own nationals as other nations propose to do , and do not use the excess of the proceeds of sales of alien property for the discharge of such debts , we are the only nation that ...
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... Senator FALL . This will , then , facilitate rather than retard the settlement of these private affairs although , as you say , Congress yet has the power to step in and settle it . Senator FALL . Do you desire to make that statement ...
... Senator FALL . This will , then , facilitate rather than retard the settlement of these private affairs although , as you say , Congress yet has the power to step in and settle it . Senator FALL . Do you desire to make that statement ...
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... Senator KNOX . As I understand you , then , the American creditor practically has no rights . Mr. PALMER . The American creditor is restored to the same rights that he had , regardless of the war . Senator FALL . Without the treaty ? Mr ...
... Senator KNOX . As I understand you , then , the American creditor practically has no rights . Mr. PALMER . The American creditor is restored to the same rights that he had , regardless of the war . Senator FALL . Without the treaty ? Mr ...
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... Senator KNOx . Of course , he has rights . If he is an alien enemy he has his rights . Private property is to be protected . That is a rule of international law that there has not been any doubt about for a hundred years . Senator FALL ...
... Senator KNOx . Of course , he has rights . If he is an alien enemy he has his rights . Private property is to be protected . That is a rule of international law that there has not been any doubt about for a hundred years . Senator FALL ...
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