Excerpt: ...that private individuals and corporations have the right to sell arms and ammunitions of war to any belligerent and, in the Hague Convention held in 1907, this right was expressly ratified and confirmed. This same Director Kriege who represented Germany at this Hague Conference in 1907, in the debates on this point said: "The neutral boats which engage in such a trade, commit a violation of the duties of neutrality. However, according to a principle generally recognised, the State of which the boat flies the ...
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Excerpt: ...that private individuals and corporations have the right to sell arms and ammunitions of war to any belligerent and, in the Hague Convention held in 1907, this right was expressly ratified and confirmed. This same Director Kriege who represented Germany at this Hague Conference in 1907, in the debates on this point said: "The neutral boats which engage in such a trade, commit a violation of the duties of neutrality. However, according to a principle generally recognised, the State of which the boat flies the flag is not responsible for this violation. The neutral States are not called upon to forbid their subjects a commerce which, from the point of view of the belligerents, ought to be considered as unlawful." (Conference International de la Paix, La Haye, 15 Juin-18 Octobre 1907. Vol. III, p. 859.) During our trouble with General Huerta, arms and ammunition for Huerta's forces from Germany were landed from German ships in Mexico. During the Boer war the Germans, who openly sympathised with the Boers, nevertheless furnished to England great quantities of arms and munitions, expressly destined to be used against the Boers; and this, although it was manifest that there was no possibility whatever that the Boers could obtain arms and munitions from German sources during the war. For instance, the firm of Eberhardt in Dusseldorf furnished one hundred and nine cannon, complete, with wagons, caissons and munitions, etc., to the English which were expressly designed for use against the Boers. At one time the Imperial Foreign Office sent me a formal note making reference to a paragraph in former Ambassador Andrew D. White's autobiography with reference to the alleged stoppage in a German port of a boat laden with arms and ammunition, for use against the Americans in Cuba during the Spanish War. Of course, former Ambassador White wrote without having the Embassy records at hand and those records show that the position he took at the time of this alleged...
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Very good. No Dj cover. VGC. Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. First UK edition-first impression. Blue hardback(small nicks and scratches on the cover and spine, gilt lettering to the spine) in VGC, no Dj cover. Illustrated with b/w drawings. The book includes folded telegrams. Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks, ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small foxing marks and creases on the edges of the pages, previous owner's name written on the edge of the front endpaper and title page. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear. No Dj cover.344pp including Foreword, list of illustrations. A collectable first edition. Heavy book.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in blue cloth with gilt. Front endpaper a little browned; prize bookplate on verso of front free end paper; page fore-edge foxed with minor foxing in text; folding copy of Kaiser's telegram worn at edges with short tear; spine slightly crushed at head & foot, with a couple of pale marks.
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This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN:
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Good. 1917. Paperback. Good clean copy in cloth covers, lacking dust wraper. Covers torn at spine and loose internally at front spine. Remains a nice copy and all pages remain intact.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.