HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENAT SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION, PART 11919 |
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... Railways . The first Commission to be nominated concerns the League of Nations , upon which subject the Bureau presents a draft res- olution ( Anex I. ) which has been distributed in English and French to all the members of the ...
... Railways . The first Commission to be nominated concerns the League of Nations , upon which subject the Bureau presents a draft res- olution ( Anex I. ) which has been distributed in English and French to all the members of the ...
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... railways and that on crimes committed during the war and the penalties which those crimes deserve . I ask that it should at once be recognized that Belgium shall have a delegate on each of these two Commissions and in doing so I do not ...
... railways and that on crimes committed during the war and the penalties which those crimes deserve . I ask that it should at once be recognized that Belgium shall have a delegate on each of these two Commissions and in doing so I do not ...
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... railways and ports and reparation for damage , Brazil should enjoy the representation to which she considers herself entitled . Sir Robert Borden ( Canada ) : I have a great deal of sympathy with the point of view of the smaller nations ...
... railways and ports and reparation for damage , Brazil should enjoy the representation to which she considers herself entitled . Sir Robert Borden ( Canada ) : I have a great deal of sympathy with the point of view of the smaller nations ...
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... railways and waterways . Our country has in fact no access to the sea , and it is extremely important for our future inter- national position to know how these great channels of communi- cation will be controlled , and especially to ...
... railways and waterways . Our country has in fact no access to the sea , and it is extremely important for our future inter- national position to know how these great channels of communi- cation will be controlled , and especially to ...
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... railways and waterways ? Mr. Lou ( China ) : I also desire to appeal to the spirit of equity of the members of the Conference , so that technical delegates may largely participate in the different work on the Commissions . The desire ...
... railways and waterways ? Mr. Lou ( China ) : I also desire to appeal to the spirit of equity of the members of the Conference , so that technical delegates may largely participate in the different work on the Commissions . The desire ...
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Page 258 - Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic...
Page 198 - The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Page 503 - 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 395 - The Assembly may from time to time advise the reconsideration by Members of the League of treaties which have become inapplicable and the consideration of international conditions whose continuance might endanger the peace of the world.
Page 535 - The Members of the League agree that if there should arise between them any dispute likely to lead to a rupture, they will submit the matter either to arbitration or to inquiry by the Council, and they agree in no case to resort to war until three months after the award by the arbitrators or the report by the Council.
Page 258 - Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.
Page 258 - 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, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant.
Page 272 - In the event of a dispute between a Member of the League and a State which is not a Member of the League, or between States not Members of the League, the State or States not Members of the League shall be invited to accept the obligations of membership in the League for the purposes of such dispute, upon such conditions as the Council may deem just.
Page 268 - In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just, and honourable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another, Agree to this Covenant...
Page 258 - 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.