 | History - 1917 - 388 pages
...the common object of preserving peace, they must be prepared to undertake no more than they are able to uphold by force and to see, when the time of crisis comes, that it is upheld by force. The question we must ask them is: ' Will you play up when the time comes ? ' It is not merely the sign... | |
 | Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount) - World War, 1914-1918 - 1916 - 28 pages
...life and death, fighting, it is true, for victory, with increasing prospects of seeing that victory 12 approaching nearer, but still knowing that if we stop...that it is upheld by force. In other words, we say to 18 neutrals who are occupying themselves with this question that we are in favour of it. But we shall... | |
 | Europe - 1916 - 688 pages
...the common object of preserving peace, they must be prepared not to undertake more than they are able to uphold by force, and to see when the time of crisis...comes that it is upheld by force. In other words, we would say to neutrals who are occupying' themselves with this question, in a colloquial phrase, that... | |
 | Oregon - 1917 - 812 pages
...the common object of preserving peace, they must be prepared to undertake no more than they are able to uphold by force, and to see, when the time of crisis comes, that it is upheld by force." And the third of the three strongest powers, Germany, seems willing to enter a league of nations where... | |
 | League to Enforce Peace (U.S.) - Arbitration (International law) - 1916 - 32 pages
...the common object of preserving peace, they must be prepared to undertake no more than they are able to uphold by force and to see, when the time of crisis comes, that it is upheld by force. The question we must ask them is: 'Will you play up when the time comes?' It is not merely the sign... | |
 | American literature - 1917 - 742 pages
...was still Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, Lord Grey, of Fallodon, said, in discussing the League: If the nations in the world after the war are to do...occupying themselves with this question that we are in favor of it. But we shall have to ask when the time comes for them to make any demand on us for such... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Trine - History - 1917 - 258 pages
...the common object of preserving peace, they must be prepared to undertake no more than they are able to uphold by force, and to see, when the time of crisis comes, that it is upheld by force. The question we must ask them is: ' Will you play up when the time comes?' It is not merely the sign-manual... | |
 | Robert Goldsmith - Arbitration (International law) - 1917 - 402 pages
...the common object of preserving peace, they must be prepared to undertake no more than they are able to uphold by force, and to see, when the time of crisis comes, that it is upheld by force. The question which we must ask them is this: 'Will you play up when the time comes?' It is not merely... | |
 | Theodore Marburg - 1917 - 184 pages
...such a work in neutral countries is one to which we should all look with favour and with hope. . . . We say to neutrals who are occupying themselves with this question that we are in favour of it. . . . The object of this league is to insist upon treaties being kept and some other settlement being... | |
 | World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 474 pages
...they are prepared to uphold by force, and to see when the crisis comes that it is upheld by force. We say to neutrals who are occupying themselves with this question that we are in favor of it. But we shall ask when the time comes for them to make any demand on us for such a thing:... | |
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In other words, we say to neutrals who are occupying themselves with this question that we are in favour of it. But we shall have to ask when the time comes... 
