The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 166A. Constable, 1887 |
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... Austria , was re- established in her favour . ' M. Geffroy , commenting on that gratitude which we believe was her special characteris- tic , sadly remarks : This was perhaps the origin of that con- ' tinued favour enjoyed by the ...
... Austria , was re- established in her favour . ' M. Geffroy , commenting on that gratitude which we believe was her special characteris- tic , sadly remarks : This was perhaps the origin of that con- ' tinued favour enjoyed by the ...
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... Austria , and some of the German powers . But the law of extradition - like every other system of jurisprudence , inter- national or municipal is in a state of change and develope- ment , and its principles and practice must be moulded ...
... Austria , and some of the German powers . But the law of extradition - like every other system of jurisprudence , inter- national or municipal is in a state of change and develope- ment , and its principles and practice must be moulded ...
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... Austrian Government thereon , are that Koszta when seized and imprisoned was invested with the nationality of the ... Austria could derive no authority to obstruct or interfere with the United States in the exercise of this right , in ...
... Austrian Government thereon , are that Koszta when seized and imprisoned was invested with the nationality of the ... Austria could derive no authority to obstruct or interfere with the United States in the exercise of this right , in ...
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... Austria and Germany had early stated that their assent would not be given . The " three rules , ' therefore , were agreed to by the United States only provisionally , and are not only in conflict with the principles for which the United ...
... Austria and Germany had early stated that their assent would not be given . The " three rules , ' therefore , were agreed to by the United States only provisionally , and are not only in conflict with the principles for which the United ...
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... Austria , while it had little to fear from England . Thus it came about that the Dutch Government joined with England and Sweden in resisting the advance of Louis XIV . , which act led 1887 . 191 Sorel's Europe and the French Revolution .
... Austria , while it had little to fear from England . Thus it came about that the Dutch Government joined with England and Sweden in resisting the advance of Louis XIV . , which act led 1887 . 191 Sorel's Europe and the French Revolution .
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Page 151 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 169 - 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...
Page 151 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing, that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 154 - Whatever highway may be constructed across the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime areas of the world must be for the world's benefit, a trust for mankind, to be removed from the chance of domination by any single power, nor become a point of invitation for hostilities or a prize for warlike ambition.
Page 166 - Her Britannic Majesty has commanded her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to declare that Her Majesty's Government cannot assent to the foregoing rules as a statement of principles of international law which were in force at the time when the claims mentioned...
Page 151 - The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between them, by setting forth and fixing in a Convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by Ship Canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the River San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, — The...
Page 151 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 28 - I watched his body night and day; No living creature came that way. I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat; I digged a grave, and laid him in, And happed him with the sod sae green. But think na ye my heart was sair, When I laid the moul
Page 153 - The policy of this country is a canal under American control. The United States cannot consent to the surrender of this control to any European power, or to any combination of European powers.
Page 161 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...