Pamphlet SeriesWorld Peace Foundation, 1914 - 15 páginas |
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82 pages ADDRESSES Agreement of 1817 American April armaments army Austria-Hungary belligerent Boston Britain British Canada Canadian capture CHARLES SUMNER civilization Clubs commerce Congress Convention Court DAVID LOW DODGE DAVID STARR JORDAN decision rendered Declaration disputes EDWIN EDWIN D ELIHU ROOT England Europe foreign FOUNDATION 40 MT Foundation Pamphlet Series France Germany Government guns Intercollegiate Peace Association INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL international relations Italy JAMES BROWN SCOTT John July June 15 Lakes LEVERMORE London Lord Castlereagh LUCIA AMES MEAD maritime ment Mexico military minister Monroe national honor naval force Navy neutral Normal School Norman Angell organization party peace cause PEACE FOUNDATION 40 Peace Foundation Pamphlet peace movement Postpaid present President principle private property property at sea proposal question Russia SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE Secretary Sept ships tion treaty United VERNON STREET Vickers WILLIAM WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING women WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION
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Página 4 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, P Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear forevermore the curse of Cain...
Página 18 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement, and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Britannic Majesty.
Página 7 - A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in public museums, just as an instrument of torture is now, and people will be astonished how such a thing could have been. A day will come when those two immense groups, the United States of America and the United States of Europe, shall be seen placed in presence of each other, extending the hand of fellowship across the ocean...
Página 5 - The maintenance of general peace and a possible reduction of the excessive armaments which weigh upon all nations present themselves in the existing condition of the whole world, as the ideal towards which the endeavors of all Governments should be directed.
Página 19 - This rule of international law is one which Prize Courts, administering the law of nations, are bound to take judicial notice of, and to give effect to, in the absence of any treaty or other public act of their own government in relation to the matter.
Página 5 - ... the private property of their respective citizens and subjects with the exception of contraband of war, shall be exempt from capture or seizure on the high seas or elsewhere, by the armed vessels or by the military forces of either party...
Página 7 - Additions to be made to the convention of 1899 for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of 1864.
Página 7 - Arbitration and the international commissions of inquiry. 2. Additions to be made to the provisions of the Convention of 1899 relative to the laws and customs of war on land — among others, those concerning the opening of hostilities, the rights of neutrals on land, etc. Declarations of 1899. One of these having expired, question of its being revived.
Página 12 - We are in the hands of an organization of crooks. They are politicians, generals, manufacturers of armaments and journalists. All of them are anxious for unlimited expenditure, and go on inventing scares to terrify the public and to terrify Ministers of the Crown.