The Problems of Neutrality when the World is at War: A History of Our Relations with Germany and Great Britain as Detailed in the Documents that Passed Between the United States and the Two Great Belligerent Powers, Parte1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 431 páginas |
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... carrying out the policy foreshadowed in the Admiralty's proclamation , to destroy any mer- chant vessel of the United States or cause the death of American citizens . It is of course not necessary to remind the German Government that ...
... carrying out the policy foreshadowed in the Admiralty's proclamation , to destroy any mer- chant vessel of the United States or cause the death of American citizens . It is of course not necessary to remind the German Government that ...
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... carrying peaceable cargoes and traversing the English seat of mari- time war in order to make them recognizable . In this connection the German Government believe it should be made a condition that only such ships should be convoyed as ...
... carrying peaceable cargoes and traversing the English seat of mari- time war in order to make them recognizable . In this connection the German Government believe it should be made a condition that only such ships should be convoyed as ...
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... carrying goods of presumed enemy destination , ownership , or origin . It is not intended to confiscate such vessels or cargoes unless they would otherwise be liable to condemnation . The treatment of vessels and cargoes which have ...
... carrying goods of presumed enemy destination , ownership , or origin . It is not intended to confiscate such vessels or cargoes unless they would otherwise be liable to condemnation . The treatment of vessels and cargoes which have ...
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... carrying foodstuffs to an unfortified town in Great Britain has been sunk . Another case is now reported in which a German armed cruiser has sunk an American vessel , the William P. Frye , carrying a cargo of wheat from Seattle to ...
... carrying foodstuffs to an unfortified town in Great Britain has been sunk . Another case is now reported in which a German armed cruiser has sunk an American vessel , the William P. Frye , carrying a cargo of wheat from Seattle to ...
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... carrying interests may suffer by the treatment of rice as contraband of war does not justify our opposing a measure which it has been thought fit to take in carrying on a foreign war . Every war is a calamity which entails evil ...
... carrying interests may suffer by the treatment of rice as contraband of war does not justify our opposing a measure which it has been thought fit to take in carrying on a foreign war . Every war is a calamity which entails evil ...
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Página 74 - Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Página 414 - ... the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included; for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
Página 412 - Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people.
Página 147 - And the paths of the sea must alike in law and in fact be free. The freedom of the seas is the sine qua non of peace, equality, and cooperation.
Página 413 - Cunningly contrived plans of deception or aggression, carried, it may be, from generation to generation, can be worked out and kept from the light only within the privacy of courts or behind the carefully guarded confidences of a narrow and privileged class. They are happily impossible where public opinion commands and insists upon full information concerning all the nation's affairs. A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a partnership of democratic nations.
Página 326 - Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 410 - I was for a little while unable to believe that such things would in fact be done by any Government that had hitherto subscribed to the humane practices of civilized nations.
Página 180 - ... have been received. Each contracting power is entitled to have access to this register and to be supplied with duly certified extracts from it.
Página 417 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...
Página 180 - In the event of one of the Contracting Powers wishing to denounce the present Convention, the denunciation shall be notified in writing to the...