...Declaration on the part of the European Powers, who took part in the Congress of Paris of 1856, ' that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can release itself from the obligations of a treaty, or modify its stipulations, except in pursuance of...

...the representatives of Powers who had been signataries of the Treaty of Paris, it was declared that ' it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagement of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting...

...Declaration on the part of the European Powers, who took part in the Congress of Paris of 1856, " that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can release itself from the obligations of a Treaty, or modify its stipulations, except in pursuance of...

...Excellency, and I need hardly repeat that the Great Powers on that occasion recognized by a solemn act "that it is an essential principle of the law of nations...stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the Nr. 9*7s. Contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement." That consent la.j^uTsse. Russia...

...the rights of treaties and the public law of Europe, and he said in the House of Lords that it was an essential principle of the law of nations that...thereof unless with the consent of the contracting parties, and Lord Beaconsfield then exclaimed, " That is the key-note of our policy ; that is the diapason...

...The Plenipotentiaries of the Powers concerned, in conference, declared " That no Power can libérate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify...of the Contracting Powers, by means of an amicable arrangement." • The Powers did not proceed beyond this declaration. This state of things opens out...

...plenipotentiary, in common with those of the other Powers, signed a declaration affirming it to be an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagement of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting...

...an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagement of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties by means of an amicable arrangement. In taking action against Turkey on his own part, and having...

...words of the annexe are as follows — " The Plenipotentiaries [of the different Powers] recognize that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations...of the Contracting Powers, by means of an amicable arrangement." That is what the hon. Baronet calls a worthless document. He says that as a friend of...

...without violating the spirit of the Protocol of the Conference of 1871 (which had affirmed it to be ' an essential principle of the law of nations that...of the contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement ' ), to acquiesce in ' the withdrawal from the cognizance of the Powers of articles in...