Treaty of Peace with Germany. Hearings ... July 31 - Sept. 12, 1919 |
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Page 213
... force of a million men should be raised and sent against the offending power , and that the proportion of the United States of that force is hereby apportioned as 200,000 men . In your view of this , we are not in , honor bound to agree ...
... force of a million men should be raised and sent against the offending power , and that the proportion of the United States of that force is hereby apportioned as 200,000 men . In your view of this , we are not in , honor bound to agree ...
Page 219
... force on this country ? Secretary LANSING . No. Senator BRANDEGEE . It is simply a declaration of your policy , or the policy of this Government , as long as the President and the State Department want to continue that policy , I ...
... force on this country ? Secretary LANSING . No. Senator BRANDEGEE . It is simply a declaration of your policy , or the policy of this Government , as long as the President and the State Department want to continue that policy , I ...
Page 256
... force without previously submitting the ques- tions and matters involved either to arbitration or to inquiry by the Executive Council and until there has been an award by the arbitrators or a recommendation by the Executive Council ...
... force without previously submitting the ques- tions and matters involved either to arbitration or to inquiry by the Executive Council and until there has been an award by the arbitrators or a recommendation by the Executive Council ...
Page 257
... force the members of the League shall severally contribute , and to advise , if it should think best , that the smaller members of the League be excused from making any contribution to the armed forces to be used against the covenant ...
... force the members of the League shall severally contribute , and to advise , if it should think best , that the smaller members of the League be excused from making any contribution to the armed forces to be used against the covenant ...
Page 258
... force which may be agreed upon to accomplish that object . ARTICLE VIII . Any war or threat or war , whether immediately affecting any of the Contracting Powers or not , is hereby declared a matter of concern of the League and to all ...
... force which may be agreed upon to accomplish that object . ARTICLE VIII . Any war or threat or war , whether immediately affecting any of the Contracting Powers or not , is hereby declared a matter of concern of the League and to all ...
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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.