 | Great Britain - 1870 - 688 pages
...this aggression, and I have been led by military circumstances to cross the frontiers of France, and am waging war against soldiers, not against French...deprive me of the right of according them my protection " . . . This is more than the ordinary form of address by an invader to the civil population of the... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1872 - 396 pages
...citizens. The latter will continue to enjoy security for their persons and property so long as they shall not, by hostile attempts against the German troops, deprive me of the right to accord them my protection." It is surprising, but this proclamation finds a ready response. The... | |
 | Emile de Bonnechose - France - 1878 - 1004 pages
...the troops. The King of Prussia liad left Saarbriick, and issued the following proclamation : — " We, William King of Prussia, make known the following...the public, the generals commanding the different corjxs will determine the measures to be taken towards the communes or individuals that may place themselves... | |
 | Hermann Lieb - Germany - 1889 - 538 pages
...citizens. The latter, consequently, will continue to enjoy security for their persons and property as long as they themselves shall not, by hostile attempts...different corps will determine the measures to be taken toward the communes or individuals that may place themselves in opposition to the usages of war. The\'... | |
 | James Molony Spaight - War (International law) - 1911 - 540 pages
...Proclamation issued at Saarbruck by the King of Prussia on llth August, 1870 : — I make war against French soldiers, not against French citizens. The latter...against the German troops, deprive me of the right of affording them my protection.3 i See Hall, International Law, pp. 67-74. He rejects the doctrine, which... | |
 | 1913 - 312 pages
...latter consequently will continue, to enjoy security for their persons and property so long as they shall not by hostile attempts against the German troops deprive me of the right of affording them protection." (Proclamation by the King of Prussia, llth August, 1870 ; Spaight, "War... | |
 | Coleman Phillipson - Germany - 1916 - 442 pages
...proclaimed : " I make war against French soldiers, not against French citizens. The latter will therefore continue to enjoy security for their persons and property,...against the German troops, deprive me of the right of affording them my 1 Contrat Social, Book I. chap. iv. ' Cf. Wellington's proclamation of April 1, 1814,... | |
 | Henry Wheaton, Coleman Phillipson - International law - 1916 - 1030 pages
...August, 1870: "I make war against French soldiers, not against French citizens. The latter will therefore continue to enjoy security for their persons and property,...against the German troops, deprive me of the right of affording them my protection." Instructions to the same effect were issued in the war between China... | |
 | Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead - International law - 1918 - 464 pages
...Franco-Prussian War: ' I make war against French soldiers, not against French citizens. The latter will therefore continue to enjoy security for their persons and property,...against the German troops, deprive me of the right of affording them my protection.' Instructions of the same character were issued in the Chino-Japanese... | |
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I have assumed the command of the German armies to repel this aggression, and I have been led by military circumstances to cross the frontiers of France. I am waging war against soldiers, not against French citizens. The latter, consequently, will continue... 