The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 241A. Constable, 1925 |
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Page 18
... remains true to its character as the most Catholic of Reformed and Protestant Churches . It is the old principle of the " via media , ” ably and fearlessly applied to present - day conditions . The attempt which is now being made to ...
... remains true to its character as the most Catholic of Reformed and Protestant Churches . It is the old principle of the " via media , ” ably and fearlessly applied to present - day conditions . The attempt which is now being made to ...
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... remains for me the most difficult document of the kind I have ever been forced to study , a crowning example of the darkness and confusion caused by the invasion of the diplomatic field by an army of jurists . It does not make it easier ...
... remains for me the most difficult document of the kind I have ever been forced to study , a crowning example of the darkness and confusion caused by the invasion of the diplomatic field by an army of jurists . It does not make it easier ...
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... remains the same as that asked by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in reference to the Treaty of Mutual Assistance : Are the guarantees of such a nature as to persuade the nations that it would be safe to disarm ? In my opinion , no guarantees are ...
... remains the same as that asked by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in reference to the Treaty of Mutual Assistance : Are the guarantees of such a nature as to persuade the nations that it would be safe to disarm ? In my opinion , no guarantees are ...
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... remains that the violation of Belgian territory by German troops provoked the British declaration of war , and allowed the British Government to enlist , within a few months , a large army of volunteers , which greatly contributed to ...
... remains that the violation of Belgian territory by German troops provoked the British declaration of war , and allowed the British Government to enlist , within a few months , a large army of volunteers , which greatly contributed to ...
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... remains to examine the boundary problem itself , and to state , as impartially as possible , the position of the parties to the dispute . So far as the mere existence of the boundary at all is concerned , there is general agreement that ...
... remains to examine the boundary problem itself , and to state , as impartially as possible , the position of the parties to the dispute . So far as the mere existence of the boundary at all is concerned , there is general agreement that ...
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Page 28 - It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends.
Page 36 - The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.
Page 317 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 16 - We hold that seeing there is not any man of the Church of England, but the same man is also a member of the Commonwealth, nor any man a member of the Commonwealth which is not also of the Church of England...
Page 97 - God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm ; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still and let the flames burn on, which they did for near two miles in length and one in breadth.
Page 28 - 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 229 - Conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State.
Page 125 - Those who read me know my conviction that the world, the temporal world, rests on a few very simple ideas; so simple that they must be as old as the hills. It rests notably, among others, on the idea of Fidelity.
Page 65 - ... of the voting, the number of votes cast in each commune will be communicated by the Commission to the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, with a full report as to the taking of the vote and a recommendation as to the line which ought to be adopted as the frontier of Germany in Upper Silesia.
Page 21 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.