International Law SituationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - International law |
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accordance adopted aerial warfare agreed agreement aircraft belonging America apply arbitration armament ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR belligerent military aircraft blockade bombardment British Empire CALVIN COOLIDGE capital ships CHARLES EVANS HUGHES City of Washington Commission Conference Contracting Powers Council Covenant crew Danish Danish National Church Declaration Declaration of London Delegation deposited dispute Dominion enemy exercise force France High Contracting Parties hostilities insular international law islands Japan Kijuro Shidehara Land Warfare Regulations League of Nations Lebanon Majesty the King mandate Mandatory maritime ment merchant vessel metric tons naval necessary neutral aircraft neutral jurisdiction neutral Power Nicaragua non-military aircraft obligation operations Pacific Ocean passengers present convention present protocol present Treaty President principle prize court prohibited proposal provisions purpose radio stations recognised respective Plenipotentiaries rules SEAL signatory Syria territorial waters thereof thousand nine hundred tion tonnage Treaty Series Tribunal undertake United violation visit and search warships Whereas zone
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Page 167 - If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement.
Page 59 - The degree of authority, control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Page 85 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 17 - Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to the Governments of the other signatory states. IN FAITH WHEREOF the representatives of the Governments of the United Nations have signed the present Charter.
Page 59 - ... owing to the sparseness of their population, or their small size, or their remoteness from the centres of civilisation, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.
Page 61 - The right of each community to maintain its own schools for the education of its own members in its own language, while conforming to such educational requirements of a general nature as the administration may impose, shall not be denied or impaired.
Page 60 - To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world...
Page 123 - A person can only be considered a spy when, acting clandestinely or on false pretences, he obtains or endeavours to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party.
Page 24 - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done...
Page 37 - In case they remain in the territory they may preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain by making, before a court of record within a year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance ; in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which they may reside. The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories...