Word: toed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last night at the Fogg Lecture Room, Hon. Frederick W. Holls of New York lectured on the "Conference at the Hague." Professor Kuno Francke introduced Mr. Holls as a man, who, in obtaining the consent of the German emperor to a permanent board of arbitration, has performed one of the...
The most important events of 1898 were the Spanish American war, the death of Bismarck, and the calling of the Peace Conference. The first two had an important bearing on the last event. The war showed that America was destined to become an important factor in international affairs, while the...
At first the Conference was looked upon as a means of securing political combinations, but this was changed by the attitude of the American delegation. The most important work was done in the meetings of the committees of which there were three: one on Disarmament, one on the Laws of...
The nations also agreed, that in case they could not arbitrate, they would each select two seconds to act for thirty days, and would do all in their power to make peace. In the meantime the powers were to continue arming. In case war resulted the seconds would still act...
The United States agreed to these proposals after making a statement of her position on the Monroe Doctrine, which all the delegates confirmed.