...Conference held in London in 1871, the Plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers, including Russia, recognised " that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself 239 from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent...

...treaties in the conception that they are perpetually and absolutely binding. The Powers declared in 1871 that "it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no power can free itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify its terms except with the assent of the contracting...

...conference gave international recognition to the views of Gladstone. It was officially recorded as an “essential principle of the law of nations that...contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement.” 33 In this episode Gladstone and Granville might claim to have snatched victory from defeat, and here...

...cases as they arise. It was asserted, and rightly asserted, by protocol, in 1871, that 'no Power °an liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty,...contracting Powers, by means of an amicable arrangement.' 3 Perhaps there is no stronger assertion of abstract right upon record. But, on examining the passage,...

...accepting the fait accompli, the London Conference of 1871 saved faces by proclaiming the principle that ‘no Power can liberate itself from the engagements...thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties by means of an amicable agreement'. Since governments still plead rebus sic stantibus in justification...

...Austria-Hungary, of Great Britain, of Italy, of Russia and of Turkey, assembled today in conference, recognize that it is an essential principle of the law of nations...Power can liberate itself from the engagements of the treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting Powers...

...Black Sea clauses of the Treaty of Paris. This was a fresh example of Russia's desire to override ' the essential principle of the law of nations that no...can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty unless with the consent of the contracting Powers.' It was, therefore, rightly insisted that the terms...

...Austria-Hungary, of Great Britain, of Italy, of Russia, and of Turkey, meeting today in conference have agreed that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can unbind itself of the obligations of a treaty or qualify its stipulations, except with the consent of...

...Austria-Hungary, of Great Britain, of Italy, of Russia, and of Turkey, meeting today in conference have agreed that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can unbind itself of the obligations of a treaty or qualify its stipulations, except with the consent of...

...of Great Britian, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, expressly recognized "that it is an essential principle of the law of nations...Contracting Powers, by means of an amicable arrangement." 109 This protocol is 107 The tribunal continued: "The fact that this interpretation is given by the...