Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) by Thomas Erskine Holland
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these methods is entirely discretionary, so far as any rule of
International Law is concerned; all efforts to render it universally and unconditionally obligatory having, perhaps fortunately, hitherto failed. It remains to be seen how far the settlement of international controversies has been facilitated by the establishment of a "League of Nations" (to which reference is made in the concluding letters of this chapter), and, in particular, by the plan for the establishment of a "Permanent Court of International Justice," formulated by the League, in pursuance of Art. 14 of the Treaty of Versailles, and submitted to its members in December, 1920. THE PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Sir,--It seems that a respectably, though perhaps thoughtlessly signed petition was on Thursday presented to President McKinley, urging him to offer his good offices to bring to an end the war now being waged in South Africa. From the _New York World_ cablegram, it would appear that the President was requested to take this step "in accordance with Art. 3 of the protocol of the Peace Conference at The Hague." The reference intended is doubtless to the _Convention pour le règlement pacifique des conflits internationaux_, prepared at the Conference [of 1899], Art. 3 of which is to the following effect:-- "Les Puissances signataires jugent utile qu'une ou plusieurs Puissances étrangères au conflit offrent de leur propre |
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