In the early days of our belligerencyit was seen that we should need a plant for filling artillery shell with toxic gases.
In total production during her 19 months of belligerency America turned out more than one-quarter as many unfilled rounds as Great Britain did in the same time and about one-quarter as many as came from the French munition plants.
Although in the 19 months of American belligerency in the great war we had sent to France upward of two million soldiers, each rifleman among them as he stepped aboard his transport carried his own gun.
Recognition of belligerency by the parent state gives the revolting community a war status as regards all states.
Recognition= of belligerency is naturally =an act of the executive authority=.
This may be preceded by recognition of the belligerency of a revolted community within the jurisdiction of an existing state, or may be preceded by division of an existing state into two or more states.
If recognition ofbelligerency is by the parent state.
The admission of insurgent status or the recognition of belligerency does not imply anything as to the political status of the community.
Civil war naturally is not preceded by a declaration, but exists from the time of the recognition of the belligerency by an outside state, or from the date when the parent state engaged in some act of war against the insurgent party.
It is to be seriously considered whether the Cuban insurrection possesses beyond dispute the attributes of statehood, which alone can demand the recognition of belligerency in its favor.
Turning to the practical aspects of a recognition of belligerency and reviewing its inconveniences and positive dangers, still further pertinent considerations appear.
The question of according or of withholding rights of belligerency must be judged in every case in view of the particular attending facts.
Recognition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents has often been canvassed as a possible, if not inevitable, step both in regard to the previous ten years' struggle and during the present war.
The act of recognition usually takes the form of a solemn proclamation of neutrality, which recites the de facto condition of belligerency as its motive.
For these reasons I regard the recognition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents as now unwise, and therefore inadmissible.
Although a condition of actual armed conflict existed, there was no official recognition of belligerency involving the technical neutrality obligations of international law.
Seward's persistence after European recognition of Southern belligerency is regarded as a characteristic obstinacy without a clear view of possible resulting dangerous complications.
In the result the discretion permitted to Lyons had, an important bearing, for recognition of Southern belligerency was opposed to the theory upon which the Northern Government was attempting to proceed.
On this same day, May 3, Russell received from the Attorney-General a memorandum in reply to a query as to recognizing the belligerency of the South and as to the right of the South to issue letters of marque and reprisal.
It was in fact this question of belligerency that determined all his policy throughout the first six months of the American conflict.
The diplomatic section shall negotiate with the foreign cabinets the recognition of belligerency and Philippine independence.
The example just given is, like the concession of belligerency to the insurgents by Great Britain, chiefly important as "showing animus.
The instructions say that "the necessity and propriety of the original concession of belligerency by Great Britain at the time it was made have been contested and are not admitted.
Senator Maxwell will inveigh in twelve languages against recognizing the belligerency of the Cubans.
Sickles received the most careful instructions to proceed in a conciliatory fashion, and in no manner to imply any recognition by the United States of the belligerency of Cuba.
In its primary and simple application, the law of belligerency referred to two or more belligerents, equally independent.
But the recognition of belligerency or independence may be the means to achieve a result, and not simply an impartial acquiescence in a result already achieved.
That foreign Powers had the right, and in due regard to their own interests were bound, to recognizebelligerency as a fact.
That she was armed, that she fought to resist capture, did not charge the cargo with the belligerency of the ship, since the owners of the cargo had nothing to do with her armed equipment or belligerent conduct.
What the Roumanian Premier said to the Russian Minister was practically this: "The choice between belligerency and neutrality must be determined by the balance of territorial advantages offered by each.
The negative aspect of Turkey's belligerency proved to be quite as irksome as the positive.
Bratiano stood irresolute between belligerency and neutrality, the German and Austrian armies were effectively co-operating with German and Austrian diplomatists.
Nay, if the exportation of British coal alone had been restricted to the belligerents, the hesitation of those countries between neutrality and belligerency would have been overcome in a month.
The impending belligerency of certain of the neutrals would, it was reasonably believed, turn the scales in favour of Britain, France and Russia.
The peace which ensued in 1847 found Hooker with the natural belligerency of his quick temper fully developed, his ambition fired, and his restless activity of mind and body increased.
He got through the course creditably in 1837, and managed, being still young, and the belligerency of his nature not fully developed, to exist in the quiet position of adjutant of West Point.
The message said in part: The question of belligerency is one of fact not to be decided by sympathies with or prejudices against either party.
It did not recognize a state of belligerency and therefore did not bring into operation any of the rules of neutrality under international law.
The delegation of diplomacy will manage and conduct negotiations with foreign cabinets with a view to the recognition of the belligerency and independence of the Philippines.
The United States had regarded as a most unfriendly act Great Britain's mere recognition of the belligerency of the Southern Confederacy.
Any other belligerency or preparation or incitement to belligerencybecomes rebellion, and any other arming a threat of rebellion, in a world League of Free Nations.
The act of recognition usually takes the form of a solemn proclamation of neutrality, which recites the de facto condition of belligerency as its motive.
I said in my message of December last: It is to be seriously considered whether the Cuban insurrection possesses beyond dispute the attributes of statehood, which alone can demand the recognition of belligerency in its favor.
Recognition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents has often been canvassed as a possible, if not inevitable, step both in regard to the previous ten years struggle and during the present war.
The rebels are poorly armed, but if our Government recognizes their belligerency they'll soon fix that.
