The Quarterly Review, Volume 249William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1927 |
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Page 363
... Schattendorf had given rise , and which fur- nished the occasion , were probably regarded as quite a local and unimportant Austrian affair . That the sky out of which this dangerous flash came was in reality not so unclouded as appeared ...
... Schattendorf had given rise , and which fur- nished the occasion , were probably regarded as quite a local and unimportant Austrian affair . That the sky out of which this dangerous flash came was in reality not so unclouded as appeared ...
Page 364
... Schattendorf was the cause of the outbreak , as it certainly appeared to be . This trial was the occasion , and not the cause , which lies deeper and dates much further back . In order to realise the position , it must first be borne in ...
... Schattendorf was the cause of the outbreak , as it certainly appeared to be . This trial was the occasion , and not the cause , which lies deeper and dates much further back . In order to realise the position , it must first be borne in ...
Page 368
... Schattendorf . On Jan. 30 , 1927 , the Frontkämpfer had arranged to hold a festival in this village of the Burgenland . The Republikanische Schutzbund determined to prevent this , and attacked them at the railway station , causing ...
... Schattendorf . On Jan. 30 , 1927 , the Frontkämpfer had arranged to hold a festival in this village of the Burgenland . The Republikanische Schutzbund determined to prevent this , and attacked them at the railway station , causing ...
Page 369
... Schattendorf case , the wife of an Opera singer , who had shot her husband out of jealousy , was acquitted . In contrast to the shots at Schattendorf both those cases were murder in intention . Of this there could not be the slightest ...
... Schattendorf case , the wife of an Opera singer , who had shot her husband out of jealousy , was acquitted . In contrast to the shots at Schattendorf both those cases were murder in intention . Of this there could not be the slightest ...
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... Schattendorf case , however , they broke into violence because the verdict was against themselves . It should also be mentioned that the leading citizen newspapers of Vienna in this case seconded the Social Democratic press , voicing ...
... Schattendorf case , however , they broke into violence because the verdict was against themselves . It should also be mentioned that the leading citizen newspapers of Vienna in this case seconded the Social Democratic press , voicing ...
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Page 81 - The Members of the League recognize that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations.
Page 322 - In framing any recommendation or draft convention of general application the Conference shall have due regard to those countries in which climatic conditions, the imperfect development of industrial organisation or other special circumstances make the industrial conditions substantially different and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which it considers may be required to meet the case of such countries.
Page 329 - The Government Departments of any of the Members which deal with questions of industry and employment may communicate directly with the Director through the Representative of their Government on the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, or failing any such Representative, through such other qualified official as the Government may nominate for the purpose.
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