The Declaration of Paris of 1856: Being an Account of the Maritime Rights of Great Britain, a Consideration of Their Importance, a History of Their Surrender by the Signature of the Declaration of Paris, and an Argument for Their Resumption by the Denunciation and Repudiation of that DeclarationS. Low, Marston and Company, limited, 1900 - 248 páginas |
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... matter that many of the facts herein cited are often ignored , and some of them denied , even by those few who occasionally deal with the subject . That the subject itself is of the utmost moment can be doubted by none . That the ...
... matter that many of the facts herein cited are often ignored , and some of them denied , even by those few who occasionally deal with the subject . That the subject itself is of the utmost moment can be doubted by none . That the ...
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... matters so urgent and so momentous , these imperfect and inadequate pages avail to draw some attention , their end will have been achieved . 25 , Lowndes Square , 10th March , 1900 . T. G. B. CONTENTS . CHAP PAGE I. THE DEFENCES OF ...
... matters so urgent and so momentous , these imperfect and inadequate pages avail to draw some attention , their end will have been achieved . 25 , Lowndes Square , 10th March , 1900 . T. G. B. CONTENTS . CHAP PAGE I. THE DEFENCES OF ...
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... matters . It has been said , " the English infantry is the best in the world , luckily " there is not much of it , " and it is indeed because there is not much of it that it is the best , because it does not forcibly enrol those who are ...
... matters . It has been said , " the English infantry is the best in the world , luckily " there is not much of it , " and it is indeed because there is not much of it that it is the best , because it does not forcibly enrol those who are ...
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... matters when we look to our great and natural defence , the Sea . On this it is as easy for us to be the strongest in point both of numbers and of quality as it is impossible on land . The mere fact that our seafaring population is far ...
... matters when we look to our great and natural defence , the Sea . On this it is as easy for us to be the strongest in point both of numbers and of quality as it is impossible on land . The mere fact that our seafaring population is far ...
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... matters , or any otherwise than in academical discussion . And so it would seem that the very notion of war has been lost . This is the more remarkable because , so long as war was present with us as a matter of serious actual ...
... matters , or any otherwise than in academical discussion . And so it would seem that the very notion of war has been lost . This is the more remarkable because , so long as war was present with us as a matter of serious actual ...
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Página 22 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Página 121 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. 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 197 - ... as applying to those powers only who recognize this principle ; but if either of the two contracting parties shall be at war with a third, and the other neutral, the flag of the neutral shall cover the property of enemies whose governments acknowledge this principle, and not of others.
Página 145 - A neutral government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction,...
Página 229 - That if any person shall, within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm' or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming, of any ship or vessel with intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Página 24 - Ceux-ci continueront, par conséquent, à jouir d'une complète sécurité pour leurs personnes et leurs biens, aussi longtemps qu'ils ne me priveront pas eux-mêmes par des entreprises hostiles contre les troupes allemandes du droit de leur accorder ma protection.
Página 121 - ... part in the Congress of Paris, and to invite them to accede to it. Convinced that the maxims which they now proclaim cannot but be received with gratitude by the whole world, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries doubt not that the efforts of their Governments to obtain the general adoption thereof, will be crowned with full success. The present Declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those Powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.
Página 164 - A neutral while a war is imminent, or after it has commenced, is at liberty to purchase either goods or ships (not being ships of war) from either belligerent, and the purchase is valid, whether the subject of it be lying in a neutral port or in an enemy's port.
Página 164 - But, in case of war, either actual or imminent, this rule is subject to qualification, and it is settled that in such case a mere transfer by documents which would be sufficient to bind the parties is not sufficient to change the property as against captors as long as the ship or goods remain in transitu.
Página 10 - England no royal power can introduce a new law, or suspend the execution of the old, therefore the law of nations, wherever any question arises which is properly the object of its jurisdiction, is here adopted in its full extent by the common law, and is held to be a part of the law of the land.