Hague Peace Conference

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noun

1. a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1899, that established The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration.

2. a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1907, that defined prisoner-of-war treatment, maritime warfare, and wartime neutrality.

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Hague Peace Conference

At 19, he was secretary of China's delegation at the Second Hague Peace Conference; at 30, he served on the Reparations Commission at Versailles.

From Time Magazine Archive

While still a junior at Princeton, Dulles was taken by his grandfather to the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Second Hague Peace Conference acted on this principle, for a good many of its Conventions were only agreed upon by the greater number, and not by all, of the participating States.

From The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

In 1899 he acted as naval expert at the Hague Peace Conference, and on the 1st of July 1899 was appointed commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Through the efforts of the United States, and particularly through Mr. Root's efforts as Secretary of State, all of the American republics were invited to the Second Hague Peace Conference.

From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Robert Bacon