Present Problems in Foreign PolicyD. Appleton, 1919 - 360 pages |
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... summary , Mr. Firth illustrates with instances the tedious wrangling in the so - called Concert of Europe over the simplest and most necessary forms न of coöperative action , and asks : " How can 11 THE ENTENTE OF FREE NATIONS.
... summary , Mr. Firth illustrates with instances the tedious wrangling in the so - called Concert of Europe over the simplest and most necessary forms न of coöperative action , and asks : " How can 11 THE ENTENTE OF FREE NATIONS.
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... action in Siberia ? Every hour was of price- less value . . . . Yet days and weeks were suffered to slip by for political reasons which are perfectly well known and thoroughly understood . Will it be any different when there is a ...
... action in Siberia ? Every hour was of price- less value . . . . Yet days and weeks were suffered to slip by for political reasons which are perfectly well known and thoroughly understood . Will it be any different when there is a ...
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... action . But if the " League of Nations " aims to obtain these sacrifices , not by such voluntary action as the associated nations have freely offered to one another during the period of war , by supplies of food , loans of money , free ...
... action . But if the " League of Nations " aims to obtain these sacrifices , not by such voluntary action as the associated nations have freely offered to one another during the period of war , by supplies of food , loans of money , free ...
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... action . A marked step of advancement has been taken in the recognition of the principle that all in- ternational engagements and undertakings must be justified by the moral law and must have publicity . A formal covenant in this sense ...
... action . A marked step of advancement has been taken in the recognition of the principle that all in- ternational engagements and undertakings must be justified by the moral law and must have publicity . A formal covenant in this sense ...
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... actions by the will of this majority , speaks in the name of the German Government and of the German people . " Thus , at last , the long silent " German people , " the presumably just , honorable , and trustworthy German people , who ...
... actions by the will of this majority , speaks in the name of the German Government and of the German people . " Thus , at last , the long silent " German people , " the presumably just , honorable , and trustworthy German people , who ...
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Page 333 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign state ; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 285 - Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.
Page 303 - 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 343 - If a report by the Council 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 agree that they will not go to war with any party to the dispute which complies with the recommendations of the report.
Page 307 - An independent Polish State should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
Page 334 - In order to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honorable 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 to this covenant...
Page 40 - The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Page v - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Page 339 - The Members of the League recognize that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations.
Page 318 - State, and the prevention of all financial, commercial, or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenantbreaking State and the nationals of any other State, whether a member of the League or not.