Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression B. Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International.
Disputes, signed at the Hague on 18 October 1907.
This Convention (TC-2) was signed at the Hague by 44
nations, and it is in effect as to 31 nations, 28
signatories, and three adherents. For present purposes it is
in force as to the United States, Belgium, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Japan, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, and Russia.
By the provisions of Article 91 it replaces the 1899
Convention as between the contracting powers. As Greece and
Yugoslavia are parties to the 1899 convention and not to the
1907, the 1899 Convention is in effect with regard to them,
and that explains the division of countries in Appendix C.
The first article of this treaty reads:
"1: With a view to obviating as far as possible
recourse to force in the relations between States, the
contracting powers agree to use their best efforts to
insure the pacific settlement of international
differences." (TC-2)
C. Convention Relative to the Opening of Hostilities, signed
at the Hague on 18 October 1907.
This Convention (TC-3) applies to Germany, Poland, Norway,
Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Russia.
It relates to a procedural step in notifying one's
prospective opponent before opening hostilities against him.
It appears to have had its immediate origin in the Russo-
Japanese war of 1904, when Japan attacked Russia without any
previous warning. It will be noted that it does not fix any
particular lapse of time between the giving of notice and
the commencement of
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hostilities, but it does seek to maintain an absolutely
minimum standard of International decency before the
outbreak of war.
The first article of this treaty reads:
"The contracting powers recognize that hostilities
between them must not commence without a previous and
explicit warning in the form of either a declaration of
war, giving reasons, or an ultimatum with a conditional
declaration of war." (TC)
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