[117] Adams and Cunningham, “Swiss Confederation.”
[118] Though without a sea-coast or a ship, Switzerland has recognized rights even on the sea as a neutral nation; the treaty of Paris of 1856 respecting neutral flags, neutral goods on vessels of belligerents, and blockades, was also entered into by the Swiss government in the same year.
[119] A hide cut into shoe strings was made to surround a principality under a bargain to buy,—Taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo.
[120] The annexation of Alsace-Lorraine was really a violation of what is the sound basis of the principle of the sacredness of nationalities; a violation of the sacredness of self-government.
[121] This term is employed to denote the seven nations which were parties to the Treaty of Berlin,—viz., England, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy, and Turkey.
Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.