Treaty of Peace with Germany. Hearings ... July 31 - Sept. 12, 1919 |
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Page 31
... representatives of the allied and associated powers and Germany at Versailles on the 28th day of June , 1919 , and which is now before the Senate of the United States for consideration , provision is made for a general international ...
... representatives of the allied and associated powers and Germany at Versailles on the 28th day of June , 1919 , and which is now before the Senate of the United States for consideration , provision is made for a general international ...
Page 32
... Representatives , as I understand , is about to adjourn , with the consent of the Senate , until September 9. Unless action can be secured before the adjournment of the House , it will make a very brief time in which invitations can be ...
... Representatives , as I understand , is about to adjourn , with the consent of the Senate , until September 9. Unless action can be secured before the adjournment of the House , it will make a very brief time in which invitations can be ...
Page 45
... representatives will be greater , perhaps , than that of any other individuals . Senator JOHNSON of California . Do you think that opinion justified by what has transpired at the peace conference ? Mr. BARUCH . Yes , sir . Senator ...
... representatives will be greater , perhaps , than that of any other individuals . Senator JOHNSON of California . Do you think that opinion justified by what has transpired at the peace conference ? Mr. BARUCH . Yes , sir . Senator ...
Page 46
... representatives ? Mr. BARUCH . Of course they were not ; there were suggestions by them , of course . There were suggestions by everyone . Senator JOHNSON of California . I did not mean wholly , in detail ; but largely ? These economic ...
... representatives ? Mr. BARUCH . Of course they were not ; there were suggestions by them , of course . There were suggestions by everyone . Senator JOHNSON of California . I did not mean wholly , in detail ; but largely ? These economic ...
Page 177
... representatives present refuse to accept the nomination of any person whose qualifications do not in its opinion comply with the requirements of the present article . Under that provision if this Government sends a representative ...
... representatives present refuse to accept the nomination of any person whose qualifications do not in its opinion comply with the requirements of the present article . Under that provision if this Government sends a representative ...
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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.