Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International ArbitrationLake Mohonk Arbitration Conference, 1897 |
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action ADDRESS American Applause Arbitral Tribunal Arbitration Conference arbitration treaty Article award Bar Association believe Boston Britain Capen cause Christian church civilized court of arbitration defeat desire diplomacy earth EDMUNDS EDWIN D England English favor feel forum of reason France friends GEORGE F Hale High Contracting Parties honor hope human interest international arbitration international court Jay treaty judges Julian Pauncefote justice labor Lake Mohonk look Lord Salisbury Majesty's government matter ment military Monroe Doctrine moral movement nations negotiations Olney patriotism peace political present President principle of arbitration proposed public opinion public sentiment question ratified rejected remember representatives resolution ROBERT TREAT PAINE Senate session settle SMILEY spirit submit teach thing thought tion to-day umpire United United States Senate Venezuela voted Washington words York City York State Bar
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Page 57 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 36 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 142 - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 48 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 97 - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong ; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame .Through its ocean-sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
Page 139 - Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles : ARTICLE I.
Page 18 - They call for a definite decision upon the point whether Great Britain will consent or will decline to submit the Venezuelan boundary question in its entirety to impartial arbitration.
Page 71 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
Page 142 - Such assent having been given, the treaty shall remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into operation, and further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 18 - The course to be pursued by this government in view of the present condition does not appear to admit of serious doubt. Having labored faithfully for many years to induce Great Britain to submit this dispute to impartial arbitration...