...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...itself from the engagements of a Treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the Contracting Parties by means of an amicable arrangement."...

...neutralization of the Black Sea. " This unanimity furnishes n striking proof that the Powers recognize that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that none of them can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof,...

...follows — " The Plenipotentiaries [of the different Powers] recognize that it is an essential principio of the Law of Nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the Contracting Powers, by means of an amicable arrangement."...

...the words of the protocol of the day's proceedings, the plenipotentiaries there assembled " recognise that it is an essential principle of the law of nations,...itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting Powers, by means of an amicable arrangement."...

...the words of the protocol of the day's proceedings, the plenipotentiaries there assembled " recognise that it is an essential principle of the law of nations, that no Power can liberate iteelf from the engagements of a treaty, nor»modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent...

...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...itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties, by means of an amicable arrangement....

...nations that no power could liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, or modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting powers by means of an amicable arrangement," and in that declaration we ourselves unreservedly joined. After that solemn declaration how could we...

...was abrogated. At the first meeting of the Conference a protocol was agreed to, recording it to be an essential principle of the law of nations that...can liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty without the consent of the other contracting parties. This was certainly a very important point to...

...disposed of at the London Conference of 1871 with regard to a similar claim by Russia, which declared that " it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagement of a treaty or nullify the regulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting...

...neutralization of the Black Sea. " This unanimity furnishes a striking proof that the Powers recognize that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that none of them can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof,...