Word: law
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...However, there is no reason to disbelieve President Roosevelt's denial that he did not instigate the revolution in Panama. What happened is this. (I am in a position to know, since my father-in-law was one of the men who financed the revolt): When the first treaty with the United States was rejected by the Colombian Congress, the business men of Panama, many of them foreigners, were afraid that the Canal would not be built, so they started a separist move- ment; it was not a popular uprising. Envoys were sent to the United States to obtain...
...times of peace the resignations of men in the Naval Reserve are required by law to be accepted. Pay in the Reserve is the same as that of similar rank in the regular line of the navy for the same length of service. In addition a retainer fee of $12 a year is given to those who volunteer in any except Class 6. To a man who has been confirmed in his rating after three months' active duty, the retainer pay is in accordance with the rating...
...summary of the treaties and international law bearing on the case, Professor Hart points out that it is clear that any provision therein made or proposed was for the purpose of giving "to innocent owners of vessels and cargoes which happen to be caught in what becomes an enemy's port an opportunity to save their ships and lading." Neither the treaties nor the law, however, foresaw nor took account of the peculiar circumstances of the German ships in the ports of the United States...
...well to consider what the country's attitude should be after the decision. On the supposition that war is declared against Germany before the end of the week, what will be the object of such a war? In a military sense according to the principles of international law the object will be "to procure the complete submission of the enemy at the earliest possible period with the least possible expenditure of men and money." Politically this nation will aid in the final overthrow of a Prussianized aggressive government that has shown a continued disrespect for the traditional rights of belligerents...
...impossible it will be for many members to have their names in the front-page write-ups. Professors Baker, Post, Chase, Ropes, Lake, Graves, and Ford, for example, will have to be satisfied with temporary obscurity. What if the commissary officer should see Professor Frankfurter mentioned in the Law School notices, even though he knows that no one reads them? No longer will the glorious tales of athletic victories take place etymologically on Soldiers Field. Nor can the rank list be published...