THE PEACE CONFERENCE

AT THE HAGUE

GROTIUS SOCIETY

READING ROOM.

Presented by

SIR CECIL HURST, G.C.M.G., Q.C.

THE PEACE CONFERENCE

AT THE HAGUE

AND ITS BEARINGS ON INTERNATIONAL

LAW AND POLICY

BY.

FREDERICK W. HOLLS, D.C.L.

A MEMBER OF THE CONFERENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

COPYRIGHT, 1900,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Norwood Press

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To His Majesty

NICHOLAS THE SECOND

EMPEROR OF RUSSIA

THE AUGUST INITIATOR OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE

THIS VOLUME IS, BY PERMISSION

Most Respectfully Dedicated