 | Henry Adams - Bookplates - 1879 - 720 pages
...might as well claim the sovereignty of the ground on which his piquets stand or over which his patrols pass. Then, if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti posaidetis ? You can get no territory ; indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable,... | |
 | Charles Burke Elliott - Fisheries - 1887 - 164 pages
...might as well claim the sovereignty of the ground on which his piquets stand or over which his patrols pass. Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate...possidetis? You can get no territory; indeed, the state of vour militarv operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any ; and you only afford... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 384 pages
...cession of territory excepting in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for...however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." After such an opinion from the first military authority of England, the British Ministry had no choice... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 386 pages
...you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetisf You can get no territory ; indeed, the state of your...however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." After such an opinion from the first military authority of England, the British Ministry had no choice... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1891 - 386 pages
...you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possldetis? You can get no territory ; indeed, the state of your...however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." After such an opinion from the first military authority of England, the British Ministry had no choice... | |
 | Henry Sweetser Burrage - Maine - 1919 - 494 pages
...might as well claim the sovereignty of the ground on which his piquets stand, or over which his patrols pass. Then, if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis f You can get no territory; indeed the state of your military operations, however creditable, does... | |
 | Henry Sweetser Burrage - Maine - 1919 - 498 pages
...might as well claim the sovereignty of the ground on which his piquets stand, or over which his patrols pass. Then, if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possideiis f You can get no territory; indeed the state of your military operations, however creditable,... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 612 pages
...cession of territory excepting in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for...however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." As Lord Liverpool perused this dispatch, the will to conquer oozed away. "I think we have determined,"... | |
 | Allen Johnson - United States - 1921 - 386 pages
...excepting in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be 17 true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can...however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." As Lord Liverpool perused this dispatch, the will to conquer oozed away. "I think we have determined,"... | |
 | Allen Johnson - United States - 1921 - 376 pages
...have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be 17 true, why stipulate for the vii posaidetis? You can get no territory; indeed, the state of your...however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." As Lord Liverpool perused this dispatch, the will to conquer oozed away. " I think we have determined,"... | |
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... and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory excepting in exchange for other advantages which you have... 
