Supplement to the American Journal of International Law: Official Documents, Volume 8

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American Society of International Law, 1914 - International law
 

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Page 91 - PRELIMINARY PROVISION. The Signatory Powers are agreed that the rules contained in the following Chapters correspond in substance with the generally recognized principles of international law.
Page 170 - ... of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of the 29th July 1899, provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the independence, or the honor of the two contracting states and do not concern the interests of third parties.
Page 173 - All aliens other than those mentioned in section one of this act may acquire, possess, enjoy, and transfer real property, or any interest therein, in this state, in the manner and to the extent and for the purposes prescribed by any treaty now existing between the government of the United States and the nation or country of which such alien is a citizen or subject, and not otherwise...
Page 129 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 91 - The neutral or enemy character of goods found on board an enemy vessel is determined by the neutral or enemy character of the owner.
Page 408 - Government feel bound to take all steps in their power to uphold the neutrality of Belgium and the observance of a treaty to which Germany is as much a party as ourselves.
Page 140 - In the cases contemplated in the preceding paragraph the said Government shall inform them at the same time of the date on which it received the notification. ARTICLE...
Page 160 - ... assistance, who shall, in the usual course of their duty, receive no salary or compensation other than specific fees for services performed, shall be entitled to receive from the government demanding the extradition the customary fees for the acts or services performed by them, in the same manner and to the same amount as though such acts or services had been performed in ordinary criminal proceedings under the laws of the country of which they are officers.
Page 11 - The President of the German Reich, the President of the United States of America, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Great Britain Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the President of the Republic of Poland, the President of the Czechoslovak Republic.
Page 149 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature. or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties. and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...

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