Hague Peace Conference
Americannoun
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a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1899, that established The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration.
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a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1907, that defined prisoner-of-war treatment, maritime warfare, and wartime neutrality.
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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
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
The Czar of Russia suggested the Hague Peace Conference and proposed a decrease in armament for all nations.
From ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London by `Abdu'l-Bahá
In the almost universal demoralization of foreign policy which has followed The Hague Peace Conference of 1899, it has perhaps been impossible for a single statesman to tread a straight path.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
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