The Practice of Diplomacy as Illustrated in the Foreign Relations of the United States |
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... instances are rare , and make more conspicuous the ordinarily peaceful methods of diplomacy . 2 Secretary Frelinghuysen , in the communication to Congress from which an extract has already been made , in discussing the utility of the ...
... instances are rare , and make more conspicuous the ordinarily peaceful methods of diplomacy . 2 Secretary Frelinghuysen , in the communication to Congress from which an extract has already been made , in discussing the utility of the ...
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... instances . It is related that the Spanish ambassador to England in 1661 , in order to secure a place in the royal procession next to the king and be- fore his French colleague , attacked the latter's coach in the streets of London ...
... instances . It is related that the Spanish ambassador to England in 1661 , in order to secure a place in the royal procession next to the king and be- fore his French colleague , attacked the latter's coach in the streets of London ...
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... instance , at the conference at Paris in 1856 , one of the most important in that century , the representatives sat at a round table in the alphabetical order , in the French language , of their national titles . In the Bering Sea ...
... instance , at the conference at Paris in 1856 , one of the most important in that century , the representatives sat at a round table in the alphabetical order , in the French language , of their national titles . In the Bering Sea ...
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... instance . We have seen that the recep- tion at Washington of an ambassador from Mexico was resented by the ... Instances of the boycotting of foreign diplomats by their colleagues are by no means so rare as one might imagine . The ...
... instance . We have seen that the recep- tion at Washington of an ambassador from Mexico was resented by the ... Instances of the boycotting of foreign diplomats by their colleagues are by no means so rare as one might imagine . The ...
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... instance , from that freely conceded to him in the Peace Conference of the nations at The Hague ; neither is it reasonable that any government , because of a mere grade in the diplomatic body , should be com- pelled to make a more ...
... instance , from that freely conceded to him in the Peace Conference of the nations at The Hague ; neither is it reasonable that any government , because of a mere grade in the diplomatic body , should be com- pelled to make a more ...
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