Problems of Readjustment After the WarAlbert Bushnell Hart, Franklin Henry Giddings, Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman, Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Emory Richard Johnson, George Grafton Wilson D. Appleton, 1915 - 185 pages The war and democracy, by A.B. Hart.--An economic interpretation of the war, by E.R.A. Seligman.--The crisis in social evolution, by F.H. Giddings.--The relation of the individual to the state, by W.W. Willoughby.--The war and international law, by G.G. Wilson.--The war and international commerce and finance, by E.R. Johnson.--The conduct of military and naval warfare, by C.F. Goodrich. |
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Page 168 - Any member bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it having not more than six months...
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Page 134 - The contracting powers recognize that hostilities between them must not commence without a previous and unequivocal warning, which shall take the form either of a declaration of war, giving reasons, or of an ultimatum with a conditional declaration of war.
Page 167 - SEC. 25. Any national banking association possessing a capital and surplus of $1,000,000 or more may file application with the Federal Reserve Board...
Page 139 - The attack or bombardment, by any means whatever, of towns, villages, habitations, or buildings which are not defended, is prohibited.
Page 60 - How bootless is it to attempt to estimate from the blue book or the white book or the yellow book which statesman or set of statesmen is responsible for the particular action that led to the declaration of war! If the war could have been averted now, it was bound to break out in the more or less immediate future.
Page 111 - The form of the oath shall also be determined by law. Art. 128. Every foreigner within the territory of Belgium shall enjoy protection of his person and property, except as otherwise established by law. Art. 129. No law, ordinance, or regulation of the general, provincial, or communal government shall be obligatory until after having been published in the manner prescribed by law.
Page 50 - The great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, fought in order to control the sea and to expand the colonial empire, all had in view the development of the nascent industry on capitalist lines.
Page 116 - The monarchical conception in Germany explains, still further, the right which is freely exercised by the "Government" of dissolving the elected chamber whenever other methods of obtaining its support for a government measure have failed; and, it may be said, so powerful is the official influence that may be exerted in the ensuing election that in all cases the result has been that the newly chosen chamber has been of the desired political complexion.
Page 114 - Government" as they are called — to control, so far as they are rible, not only the elections of members to the representative body, but by rewards and other forms of political pressure to influence the votes of the representatives after their election. It explains furthermore the policy of the "Government" in playing off one party or faction against another and thus through the bloc system of obtaining a majority vote in favor of action which the Government desires. It explains also the fact that...