Europe Since 1815, Volume 2H. Holt, 1923 - 1202 pages |
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Alliance Allies army Assembly Austria Austria-Hungary Balkan became Belgium bill Bismarck British Bulgaria Catholic Cavour century Chamber Chamber of Deputies Church colonies Congress of Vienna constitution Council declared defeat demand democratic Deputies desire economic elected Emperor Empire enemies England English established Europe European favor force foreign France French German German Empire henceforth House Hungary important increased independence industry Irish Italian Italy King kingdom labor land later leaders League League of Nations legislation liberal liberty Lord Louis Magyars ment military million minister ministry monarchy Moreover Napoleon Paris Parliament party peace peasants Piedmont Poland political population possessed President Prince principle provinces question reform régime Reichstag reign represented Republic Republicans restored result revolution Roumania ruler Russia Serbia Serbs Slavs social Socialists suffrage territory throne tion Treaty troops Tsar Turkey universal suffrage victory Vienna vote voters
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Page 724 - All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.
Page 724 - An independent Polish State should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
Page 724 - A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the Government whose title is to be determined.
Page 120 - It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Page 265 - Manifesto being our joint production, I consider myself bound to state that the fundamental proposition which forms its nucleus, belongs to Marx. That proposition is : that in every historical epoch, the prevailing mode of economic production and exchange, and the social organization necessarily following from it, form the basis upon which is built up, and from which alone can be explained, the political and intellectual history of that epoch...
Page 701 - There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. " Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end. The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment.
Page 730 - The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Page 724 - The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development...
Page 727 - Any Member of the League may, after two years notice of its intention so to do, withdraw from the League, provided that all its international obligations and all its obligations under this Covenant shall have been fulfilled at the time of its withdrawal.
Page 961 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with -which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.