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... hoped , prove of service and value to stu- dents of the problems involved in the great settle- ment . New York City . January , 1918 . EMILY GREENE BALCH . CHAPTER TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE INTRODUCTION BY NORMAN ANGELL.
... hoped , prove of service and value to stu- dents of the problems involved in the great settle- ment . New York City . January , 1918 . EMILY GREENE BALCH . CHAPTER TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE INTRODUCTION BY NORMAN ANGELL.
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... ment : " No one is foolish enough to suppose that it would be possible to impose on Germany a con- stitution made outside Germany . " In order to destroy German militarism , then , something more than German defeat is required . The ...
... ment : " No one is foolish enough to suppose that it would be possible to impose on Germany a con- stitution made outside Germany . " In order to destroy German militarism , then , something more than German defeat is required . The ...
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... , that the Govern- ment , notwithstanding its autocratic form , is fighting their battle , ensuring their security as a nation , es- tablishing their legitimate place and rights in the - - world . And when the Kaiser declares , [ 5 ]
... , that the Govern- ment , notwithstanding its autocratic form , is fighting their battle , ensuring their security as a nation , es- tablishing their legitimate place and rights in the - - world . And when the Kaiser declares , [ 5 ]
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... ment of February 23 and May 24 , 1916 ; the Reichstag debates of April 5 and 6 ; Sir Edward Grey's interview of May 15 , and that of von Bethmann - Hollweg on May 22 in reply ; the Reichstag debates of June 5 and [ 17 ] CHAPTER THE ...
... ment of February 23 and May 24 , 1916 ; the Reichstag debates of April 5 and 6 ; Sir Edward Grey's interview of May 15 , and that of von Bethmann - Hollweg on May 22 in reply ; the Reichstag debates of June 5 and [ 17 ] CHAPTER THE ...
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... ment seemed , perhaps , not yet to have arrived , and the President deferred further action until Decem- ber . 2 . Germany Proposes Peace Negotiations . In the meantime Germany made a new peace move . On December 9 , 1916 , a year after ...
... ment seemed , perhaps , not yet to have arrived , and the President deferred further action until Decem- ber . 2 . Germany Proposes Peace Negotiations . In the meantime Germany made a new peace move . On December 9 , 1916 , a year after ...
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Page 75 - No people must be forced under sovereignty under which it does not wish to live. No territory must change hands except for the purpose of securing those who inhabit it a fair chance of life and liberty.
Page 151 - They do not need to be stated again. We seek no material advantage of any kind. We believe that the intolerable wrongs done in this war by the furious and brutal power of the Imperial German Government ought to be repaired...
Page 22 - It may be that peace is nearer than we know; that the terms which the belligerents on the one side and on the other would deem it necessary to insist upon are not so irreconcilable as some have feared...
Page 22 - takes the liberty of calling attention to the fact that the objects which the statesmen of the belligerents on both sides have in mind in this war are virtually the same, as stated in general terms to their own people and to the world. Each side desires to make the rights and privileges of weak peoples and small states as secure against aggression or denial in the future as the rights and privileges of the great and powerful states now at war.
Page 118 - We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting.
Page 22 - The President is not proposing peace ; he is not even offering mediation. He is merely proposing that soundings be taken in order that we may learn, the neutral nations with the belligerent, how near the haven of peace may be for which all mankind longs with an intense and increasing longing.
Page 252 - Third: The signatory powers shall jointly use forthwith both their economic and military forces against any one of their number that goes to war, or commits acts of hostility, against another of the signatories before any question arising shall be submitted as provided in the foregoing.
Page 73 - ... but that its object is to establish a durable peace on the basis of the rights of nations to decide their own destiny. 'The Russian Nation does not lust after the strengthening of its power abroad at the expense of other nations. Its aim is not to subjugate or humiliate any one.
Page 21 - The suggestion which I am instructed to make, the President has long had it in mind to offer. He is somewhat embarrassed to offer it at this particular time, because it may now seem to have been prompted by the recent overtures of the Central Powers.