Treaty of Peace with Germany. Hearings ... July 31 - Sept. 12, 1919 |
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... claims and is not a war claim . That is not a matter of reparation . Senator KNOX . Pardon just one other question in connection with the suggestion of our nonparticipation in the indemnity . I under- stood you to say that you thought ...
... claims and is not a war claim . That is not a matter of reparation . Senator KNOX . Pardon just one other question in connection with the suggestion of our nonparticipation in the indemnity . I under- stood you to say that you thought ...
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... claims like the Lusitania , and other prewar claims . Senator SWANSON . Do you know the section of the treaty where ... claim against Germany . Mr. BARUCH . If his Government elects in the first instance . Senator HITCHCOCK . Is each ...
... claims like the Lusitania , and other prewar claims . Senator SWANSON . Do you know the section of the treaty where ... claim against Germany . Mr. BARUCH . If his Government elects in the first instance . Senator HITCHCOCK . Is each ...
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... claims against the United States they must sue in our courts ? Mr. BARUCH . A German citizen ; yes . Senator SWANSON . Now , if a citizen of the United States has a claim against a German in Germany , Germany has agreed to create a ...
... claims against the United States they must sue in our courts ? Mr. BARUCH . A German citizen ; yes . Senator SWANSON . Now , if a citizen of the United States has a claim against a German in Germany , Germany has agreed to create a ...
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... claim against a German ? Senator HITCHсоск . Yes ; a prewar claim ? Mr. PALMER . A right ; yes . In the first place , privately he has the right to go to a new tribunal in case of a dispute as to debt . The Government has a right to use ...
... claim against a German ? Senator HITCHсоск . Yes ; a prewar claim ? Mr. PALMER . A right ; yes . In the first place , privately he has the right to go to a new tribunal in case of a dispute as to debt . The Government has a right to use ...
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... claim against the same creditor in the same way as if there had been no war . He also has the additional protection ... claim ? He can have the amount of his claim determined in this forum but there 16 TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY .
... claim against the same creditor in the same way as if there had been no war . He also has the additional protection ... claim ? He can have the amount of his claim determined in this forum but there 16 TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY .
Common terms and phrases
agree agreement allied and associated AMERICAN COMMISSION associated powers authority BARUCH Belgium Britain British Empire CHAIRMAN China Chinese Government claim clause COMMISSION ON IRISH committee concession Congress council course covenant DAVIS declared delegates dispute Egypt enemy England FERGUSON foreign France French Galicia Germany interests Ireland IRISH INDEPENDENCE Japan Japanese JOHNSON of California Kiaochow Lansing-Ishii agreement league of nations Lithuania matter mean ment military MILLARD MILLER minister Monroe doctrine negotiations obligation official opinion PALMER Paris parties peace conference Poland Polish President Prof Province provisions question railway reference regard reparation commission representatives Republic Russian Secretary LANSING Senator BORAH Senator BRANDEGEE Senator FALL Senator HARDING Senator HITCHCOCK Senator JOHNSON Senator KNOX Senator MCCUMBER Senator MOSES Senator POMERENE Senator SWANSON Senator WILLIAMS Serbia Shantung sovereignty statement thing tion tribunal Ukraine Ukrainian United vote
Popular passages
Page 493 - If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council, to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement.
Page 256 - 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 787 - 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 262 - 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 277 - 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, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory, and will also secure...
Page 262 - To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant.
Page 182 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants.
Page 682 - ... for men, women, and children, both in their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and industrial relations extend, and for that purpose will establish and maintain the necessary international organizations ; (b) undertake to secure just treatment of the native inhabitants of territories under their control...
Page 274 - Disputes as to the interpretation of a treaty, as to any question of international law, as to the existence of any fact which if established would constitute a breach of any international obligation, or as to the extent and nature of the reparation to be made for any such breach, are declared to be among those which are generally suitable for submission to arbitration.
Page 274 - ... the manufacture by private enterprise of munitions and implements of war is open to grave objections. The Council shall advise how the evil effects attendant upon such manufacture can be prevented, due regard being had to the necessities of those Members of the League which are not able to manufacture the munitions and implements of war necessary for their safety.