Word: haved
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Wilbur Morse '00, for the affirmative, reiterated the grievances cited by Mayer and then emphasized the fact his colleague had brought out, that interference was necessary in the Transvaal and that it was England's right to interfere. The affirmative believed that the best method to settle the so-called...
The suzerainty of England over the Transvaal, which is in accordance with the treaty of 1884, exists only by inference. The treaty practically gave no suzerainty to England; it only enlarged the powers of self-government in the Transvaal: therefore Harvard's argument that suzerainty goes with self-government, falls...
Hill, who spoke first in rebuttal for Princeton, asked the affirmative to reconcile the peaceful effect of the Owen's claims with the conditions existing at the present day. England not only laid claims to suzerainty, but took action in accordance with these claims, when she refused to accept arbitration...
Bruce, instead of Mayer, as was expected, opened the rebuttal for Harvard. He said that England did not bring on the war, since the Transvaal issued an ultimatum which no nation could stand, and since the condition of two-thirds of the people in the Transvaal was such as to...
Weston opened by defining suzerainty as the general right of one nation to interfere in the internal affairs of another nation over which the right exists. In this controversy, the negotiations hinged on suzerainty and not on international law. England refused to accept specific reforms and the question came down...