...greater importance than it was to ourselves. As to the second point of the Protocol, which recognized that it was an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power could liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty unless with consent of the contracting Powers,...

...the protocol of the day's proceedings, the plenipotentiaries there assembled " recognise that it is an essential principle of the law of nations, that no Power can liberate iteelf from the engagements of a treaty, nor»modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent...

...unanimous voice of Europe, we obtained from His Imperial Majesty a distinct retractation, and a declaration that it was "an essential principle of the law of nations that no power could liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, or modify the stipulations thereof, unless...

...was abrogated. At the first meeting of the Conference a protocol was agreed to, recording it to be an essential principle of the law of nations that...can liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty without the consent of the other contracting parties. This was certainly a very important point to...

...the London Conference of 1871 with regard to a similar claim by Russia, which declared that " it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagement of a treaty or nullify the regulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting...

...date than that of Paris— he meant the conference of 1871, which was to this effect : " That it is an essential principle of the law of nations that...of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, uuless with the consent of the contracting powers by means of an amicable arrangement." Both houses...

...1868 558 Conferences of London, 1871 561 Recognition on the part of the respective Powers, that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations, that...liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty, unless with the consent of the contracting Powers, 17 Jan., 1871 567 Page Treaty for the revision of...

...in warfare. The Conferences of London of 1871. The recognition of the respective Powers that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations, that...can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty without the consent of the other contracting Powers. The Treaties of 1871 respecting the navigation...

...recognition by the Plenipotentiaries of the Seven Powers, represented at the said Conferences, that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can release itself from the engagements of a Treaty, or modify its stipulations, unless with the assent...

...provides for mediation and advises arbitration ; and the London Convention of 1871 declared that ' it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no power can release itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify any of its stipulations, save with the...