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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... league of nations . Who ? Who are expecting a great deal ? Mr. DAVIS . The people . Senator JOHNSON of California . What people ? Mr. DAVIS . Of those countries . Senator JOHNSON of . California . You mean the French people ? Mr. DAVIS ...
... league of nations . Who ? Who are expecting a great deal ? Mr. DAVIS . The people . Senator JOHNSON of California . What people ? Mr. DAVIS . Of those countries . Senator JOHNSON of . California . You mean the French people ? Mr. DAVIS ...
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... league of nations ? Mr. DAVIS . No. Senator JOHNSON of California . Do you know whether there has been any change of sentiment in England respecting it ? Mr. DAVIS . I have not seen anything that would lead me to believe that there has ...
... league of nations ? Mr. DAVIS . No. Senator JOHNSON of California . Do you know whether there has been any change of sentiment in England respecting it ? Mr. DAVIS . I have not seen anything that would lead me to believe that there has ...
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... league of nations , and belief in its ultimate beneficial results ? Mr. DAVIS . That is true . As a matter of fact I came to the con- clusion rather reluctantly . I was not in favor of a league of nations when I first went to Paris ...
... league of nations , and belief in its ultimate beneficial results ? Mr. DAVIS . That is true . As a matter of fact I came to the con- clusion rather reluctantly . I was not in favor of a league of nations when I first went to Paris ...
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... league of nations . Mr. DAVIS . I understand that those boundaries were fixed in accordance with the principles which had been enunciated- The CHAIRMAN . That is not the question . You said that they were to be fixed by the league of ...
... league of nations . Mr. DAVIS . I understand that those boundaries were fixed in accordance with the principles which had been enunciated- The CHAIRMAN . That is not the question . You said that they were to be fixed by the league of ...
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... league of nations it made it possible to eliminate the old system of fixing boundaries from a strategical standpoint , and it made it pos- sible to arrange them in accordance with the nationalities . Of course , the league of nations ...
... league of nations it made it possible to eliminate the old system of fixing boundaries from a strategical standpoint , and it made it pos- sible to arrange them in accordance with the nationalities . Of course , the league of nations ...
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Page 505 - The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Page 666 - A general association of nations must be formed, under specific covenants, for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike...
Page 396 - Should any Member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants under Articles 12, 13, or 15, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other Members of the League...
Page 510 - Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations.
Page 260 - Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic...
Page 186 - A free, open-minded and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.
Page 264 - PARTIES, in order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security, by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another, Agree...
Page 273 - If the Council fails to reach a report which is unanimously agreed to by the members thereof, other than the Representatives of one or more of the parties to the dispute, the Members of the League reserve to themselves the right to take such action as they shall consider necessary for the maintenance of right and justice.
Page 260 - Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.
Page 275 - Pacific islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population or their small size, or their remoteness from the centers of civilization, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.