A League to Enforce PeaceMacmillan, 1917 - 327 páginas |
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Admiral Rozhdestvensky Alfred Fried alliances American arbitration armaments Article believe belligerent British called cerned CHAPTER Christianity Church civilisation co-operation Commission of Inquiry common conference Congress cost Council of Conciliation Court David Starr Jordan democracy diplo diplomacy diplomats dispute Enforce Peace Europe fact failed federation fighting force foreign affairs future German Hague Hague Convention Homer Lea hostilities human nature idea Imperial industry interest International Commission international law justice labour LAWRENCE LOWELL league of nations League to Enforce live machinery mankind matter means ment military modern moral neutral never organised pacifism pacifists patriotism political practical President Wilson prevent principle probably problem proposal public opinion purpose question reason religion ROBERT GOLDSMITH secure sentiment settlement signatory Sir Edward Grey social society sovereign sovereignty statesmen submit thing tion tional to-day treaties Tribunal true United voice wars William Howard Taft women workers
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Página 159 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions of policy or internal administration of any foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Página 151 - Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
Página 267 - Second, that the small States of the world have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and for their territorial integrity that great and powerful nations expect and insist upon. And...
Página 111 - The signatory powers shall jointly use forthwith both their economic and military forces against any one of their number that goes to war, or commits acts of hostility, against another of the signatories before any question arising shall be submitted as provided in the foregoing.
Página 67 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 246 - Any peace which does not recognize and accept this principle will inevitably be upset. It will not rest upon the affections or the convictions of mankind. The ferment of spirit of whole populations will fight subtly and constantly against it, and all the world will sympathize. The world can be at peace only if its life is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquillity of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
Página 244 - Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand.
Página 242 - ... approval of mankind, not merely a peace that will serve the several interests and immediate aims of the nations engaged. We shall have no voice in determining what those terms shall be...
Página 189 - That there were such creatures as witches, he made no doubt at all. For, first, the Scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly, the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime.
Página 66 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...