Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Together with the Views of the Minority, Upon the General Arbitration Treaties with Great Britain and France, Signed on August 3, 1911, and the Proposed Committee Amendments. With Appendices ... |
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... opinion the question was not justiciable and did not come within the scope of Article I. By this clause the constitutional powers of the Senate are taken away pro tanto and are transferred to a commission , upon the composition of which ...
... opinion the question was not justiciable and did not come within the scope of Article I. By this clause the constitutional powers of the Senate are taken away pro tanto and are transferred to a commission , upon the composition of which ...
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... opinion of the committee , the way to promote that universal peace which we all most earnestly desire . Buck by This ve Clue To take from the Senate , in any degree or by any means , the oppouring power of saying whether a given ...
... opinion of the committee , the way to promote that universal peace which we all most earnestly desire . Buck by This ve Clue To take from the Senate , in any degree or by any means , the oppouring power of saying whether a given ...
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... opinion of the committee the Senate also , has no desire to contract the ample boundaries set to arbitration in the first article . But it must be remembered that if we enter into these treaties with Great Britain and France we must ...
... opinion of the committee the Senate also , has no desire to contract the ample boundaries set to arbitration in the first article . But it must be remembered that if we enter into these treaties with Great Britain and France we must ...
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... opinion of the august initiator of the International Peace Conference that it is expedient to record in an International Agreement the principles of equity and right on which are based the security of States and the welfare of peoples ...
... opinion of the august initiator of the International Peace Conference that it is expedient to record in an International Agreement the principles of equity and right on which are based the security of States and the welfare of peoples ...
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... opinion on points of fact , the Contract- ing Powers deem it expedient and desirable that the parties who have not been able to come to an agreement by means of diplomacy , should , as far as circumstances allow , institute an ...
... opinion on points of fact , the Contract- ing Powers deem it expedient and desirable that the parties who have not been able to come to an agreement by means of diplomacy , should , as far as circumstances allow , institute an ...
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advice and consent agents and counsel amended America applicable arbitral tribunal Arbitration Convention Article III Austria-Hungary Award Bolivia Britannic Majesty clause of Article Commission of Inquiry committee Compromis concluding a special Constitution Contracting Powers Court of Arbitration decided declaration deposit of ratifications ELIHU ROOT Emperor of India Hague High Contracting Parties Inquiry Convention International Bureau JAMES BRYCE joint commission Joint High Commission justiciable law or equity Majesty the Emperor Majesty the King Majesty's Government Monroe doctrine nation nature by reason necessary Netherland Government notification October 18 Pacific Settlement parties in dispute Permanent Court present Convention President principles of law provisions of Articles recourse to arbitration Report Republic respective Plenipotentiaries scope of Article Second Peace Conference Secretary Senate thereof settle by diplomacy Settlement of International signed special agreement susceptible of decision terms of reference territory thousand nine hundred tion Treaty of Arbitration treaty-making power Umpire United United Kingdom unless
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Page 15 - Power shall select four persons at the most, of known competency in questions of international law, of the highest moral reputation, and disposed to accept the duties of Arbitrators.
Page 23 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 4 - ... by virtue of a claim of right made by one against the other under treaty or otherwise, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law or equity...
Page 22 - Nothing contained in this Convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign State; nor shall anything contained in the said Convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 19 - The Tribunal is entitled to issue rules of procedure for the conduct of the case, to decide the forms, order, and time in which each party must conclude its arguments, and to arrange all the formalities required for dealing with the evidence. Article 75 The parties undertake to supply the Tribunal, as fully as they consider possible, with all the information required for deciding the case.
Page 3 - All differences relating to international matters in which the. High Contracting Parties are concerned by virtue of a claim of right made by one against the other under treaty or otherwise...
Page 3 - 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 22 - As a part of this act of ratification that the United States approve the protocol and statute hereinabove mentioned, with the understanding that recourse to the Permanent Court of International Justice for the settlement of differences between the United States and any other State or States can be had only by agreement thereto through general or special treaties...
Page 18 - They are only public if it be so decided by the tribunal, with the assent of the parties.
Page 22 - Government, which shall immediately communicate a duly certified copy of the notification to all the other States informing them of the date on which it was received.