...policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions of policy or internal administration of any foreign state;...of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions;'1 And whereas the said Convention was duly ratified by the Government of the United States...

...one of the conventions a declaration that nothing therein contained should be " construed to require a relinquishment by the United States of America of...traditional attitude toward purely American questions." In treating the conditional acceptance of the convention as a sufficient adhesion to its principles,...

...administration of any foreign State. Nor shall anything contained in the said Convention be construed to require a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude towards purely American questions." On the motion of Sir Julian Paunnefote, the reference to shore...

...mediation, and in signing the convention carefully guarded the historic position of the United States by the following declaration : Nothing contained in this...traditional attitude toward purely American questions. Thus interpreted, the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Conflicts may be regarded...

...foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be so construed as to require the relinquishment by the United States of America of...traditional attitude toward purely American questions. •Accompanying the signatures ot the American delegates. THE CHICAGO DRAINAGE CANAL. BY EDWIN O. JORDAN...

...delegates signed the first convention in regard to arbitration they read into the minutes this statement: "Nothing contained in this convention shall be so...traditional attitude toward purely American questions." At The Hague we pledged ourselves, in case we ever went to war, to observe certain broad general rules...

...obtrusive exercise of mediation, and so carefully guarded the historic position of the United States by the following declaration: "Nothing contained in this...traditional attitude toward purely American questions." Thus for the first time in a formal document duly signed by representatives of all the great powers...

...conflicts, made in the conference the following declaration which was entered in the protocols : " Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed...United States of America of its traditional attitude towards purely American questions." This declaration did not commit any other nation to the policy...

...traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or internal administration of any foreign state; nor...United States of America, of its traditional attitude towards purely American questions." MEASURES OF REDRESS, INVOLVING THE USE OF FORCE, BUT FALLING SHORT...

...foreign state ; nor shall anything contained in the said conven. tion be so construed as to require the relinquishment by the United States of America of...traditional attitude toward purely American questions. ' Accompanying the signatures of the American delegates. THE CHICAGO DRAINAGE CANAL. BY EDWIN O. JORDAN...