The Washington ConferenceD. Appleton, 1922 - 461 pages |
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Page 359 - the Government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to the other Contracting Powers. In faith whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty. Done at the City of Washington, the sixth day of February, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two. CHARLES EVANS
Page 52 - the arms traffic and the liquor traffic, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory, and will also secure equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other members of the League
Page 53 - sparseness of their population, or their small size, or their remoteness from the centers of civilization, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory," are to be administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory. By
Page 280 - territorial and administrative integrity of China; (2) To provide the fullest and most unembarrassed opportunity to China to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable government; (3) To use their influence for the purpose of effectually establishing and maintaining the principle of equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations throughout the territory of China;
Page 374 - the Government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to the other Contracting Powers. In faith whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty. Done at the City of Washington the Sixth day of February, One Thousand Nine-Hundred and Twenty-Two.
Page 278 - The Japanese delegation is authorized to declare that it is the fixed and settled policy of Japan to respect the territorial integrity of Russia, and to observe the principle of nonintervention in the internal affairs of that country, as well as the principle of equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations in every part of the Russian possessions.
Page 372 - trade and industry of all nations, the Contracting Powers, other than China, agreed that they will not seek, nor support their respective nationals in seeking. (a) 'Any arrangement which might purport to establish in favour of their interests any general superiority of rights with respect to commercial or economic development in any
Page 95 - eat its vitals away; the plottings of inner circles who could plan what they would and render account to no one would be a corruption seated at its very heart. Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own. 8
Page 372 - nationals of any other Power of the right of undertaking any legitimate trade or industry in China, or of participating with the Chinese Government, or with any local authority, in any category of public enterprise, or which by reason of its scope, duration or geographical extent is calculated to frustrate
Page 168 - ' nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings, like the Monroe Doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.