...Conference held in London in 1871, the Plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers, including Russia, recognized "that it is an essential principle of the law of nations...itself from the engagements of a Treaty, nor modify thé stipulations thereof, unless with thé consent of thé Nr- 6739Contracting Powers by means of...

...concurrence, under Mr. Gladstone's administration, with the addition of a strangely worded declaration ' that it is an essential principle of the law of nations...liberate itself from the engagements of ' a treaty, or modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the * Edinburgh Eeviey, vol. cxxxii. p. 593. 3878....

...entered into by the Great Powers at the London Conference in January, 1871, when it was declared to be an essential principle of the Law of Nations, that no Power can liberate itself from the eii1 Lt Droit International, § 440 note. (iimnii- gagements of a Treaty, nor modify the stipulations...

...cosignatariea to the treaty."1 " The hint was taken. Russia condescended to admit that ' it is ant 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...

...however, to one good result, the recording of a solemn declaration by the remaining parties to the Treaty, that ' it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no power can release itself from the obligations of a treaty save with the assent of the contracting parties.' "...

...plenipotentiary, in common with those of the other powers, signed a declaration affirming it to be an esbential principle of the law of nations that no power can liberate itself from tho engagements of a treaty, nor modify tho stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting...

...conference held in London in 1871, the plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers, including Russia, recognized that " it is an essential principle of the law of...the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of tho contraoting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement." It is impossible for her Majesty's Government,...

...stipulation was affirmed by the Russian plenipotentiary, who signed the declaration, affirming it to be an essential principle of the law of nations, that...liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, or modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties, by means of...

...conference held in London in H71, the plenipotentiaries of the. great powers, including Russia, recognized "that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no power can liberate iteclf from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent...

...themselves, they did not depart from the principle of the Black Sea Conference, which laid down — " That it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations...can 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...