The indemnity problem was settled, at least for the moment, by postponing a final definite statement of the total amount that Germany must pay.
He anticipated a struggle with Clemenceau and Lloyd George over the amount of indemnity which was to be demanded from Germany, as well as over the territory of which she was to be deprived.
In reply to our ultimatum they wrote: "The contents of the letter of the English Envoy fills us with the greatest astonishment, and the demand for an indemnity is against all decorum.
The protests of Greece against Germany's proposal that her treasury be controlled until the war indemnity should be paid, finally aroused England to action.
Lord Salisbury, the English Prime Minister, said that whether the war indemnity be paid or not, the Turkish troops must at once leave Thessaly.
She said that the war indemnity demanded by Turkey was so large that Greece could never pay it, and that the Turkish occupation of Thessaly until the debt was settled really meant that Thessaly was to be ceded to Turkey.
The army expenses would be very great, the indemnity would be increased in amount, and after all there would be only "the name of fighting without the hope of victory.
The consulates were duly appointed, the necessary land for the foreign settlements was acquired, and the war indemnity being honorably discharged, Chusan was restored to the Chinese.
He fought the question of an indemnity with ability, and got it fixed at five million roubles, or little more than half that at which it was placed by the later treaty.
As the installments of the indemnity were paid the troops and fleet were withdrawn, but a garrison was left for some time in Chusan and Kulangsu, the island off Amoy.
The Chinese paid an indemnity of half a million taels, and the Japanese evacuated the island.
The French government at once demanded an apology, and an indemnity fixed by M.
Or in lieu of exterminating the offending tribe, in part or completely, the nation of the injured man may accept an indemnity in money or land from the offender's tribe.
The principle of workmen's compensation may be extended to include indemnity for loss of wages due to trade diseases.
In addition, a large war indemnity was granted by Turkey, and the occupancy of Moldavia, Wallachia, and Silistria until the indemnity should be paid.
In common with the other chiefs, he had omitted taking the benefit of the indemnity until he received the sanction of King James: but the copy of that document which was forwarded to him, unfortunately arrived too late.
Locheill, says Drummond of Balhaldy, did not receive his copy till about thirty hours before the time was out, and appeared before the sheriff at Inverara, where he took the oaths upon the very day on which the indemnity expired.
It has been the province of the United States to alleviate these burdens, and we have only recently remitted a very large portion of the indemnity which was to have come to the United States.
Secretary Hay constantly intervened to reduce the demands of the powers and cut down to a reasonable limit the enormous indemnity they were seeking to exact.
Let them pass a Bill of Indemnityand he would tell them all.
On entering the House they publicly acknowledged the kindness extended to them by the City, for which the sheriffs and the citizens received the thanks of the Commons, and a promise of indemnity for their action throughout the recent crisis.
On the 5th June the mayor himself and those aldermen who were not barred by the Statute of Indemnity and Oblivion (12 Charles II, c.
The second demanded an indemnity to the citizens for their adhesion to parliament.
The French indemnity flew to people's heads like champagne, and in a kind of drunken frenzy every one imagined himself a millionaire.
To this great financial scheme was joined a political measure of equal importance,--indemnity to the Emigrants, with preparations for carrying it into effect.
I have already petitioned the Commission of Indemnity for Political Criminals, in favour of this family.
The indemnity to the emigrants satisfied the wishes and restored the position of the entire lay party of the right.
The indemnity to the emigrants, some pledges of local influence, and the distribution of public functions, would have long sufficed to secure their support to M.
The right of indemnity does not, however, constitute the principal point.
The legality of this right of indemnity has been much contested.
In this case civil indemnity would be most equitable.
From whom would come the mammoth war indemnitywe should have to pay?
With ease and without murmur it supported the new burden of taxation called for by the war indemnity and by the reorganization of the shattered forces of France.
An act ofindemnity released the ministers who advised, and the governors who enforced their demands, from the punishment of usurpation; and granted them power to do by law, what in defiance of law they had done so long.
The indemnity due on a returned bill of exchange was decided by the court (1826), on a friendly suit, Cartwright v.
The government proposed to include in the bill a provision for the indemnity of the distillers, leaving its amount to be settled by a committee.
At one sitting of the council the act of indemnity was passed, and all proceedings affected by the mistake were declared valid.
Their gains during the past could not be questioned; but Sir John Franklin was persuaded that it would be ridiculously profuse to pay an indemnity for the loss of profits rated by the success of an illicit trade.
At length he decided to accept the result, after Portugal had consented to increase the indemnity which she had originally agreed to pay to France.
The ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin (1858) was now completed, and before the end of the year the allied forces were gone, save and except garrisons at Tientsin and Taku, which were to remain until the indemnity was paid.
Dunbar, being at Stirling recruiting his army against Cromwell, to which Seaforth's men were called, it proved an act of oblivion and indemnity to them, so that the Kintail men were never challenged for their usage of the garrison soldiers.
The negotiations forindemnity were suspended and transferred, with his agreement, to Paris.
Adrian, and seized the indemnity of a kiss on her forehead, which, however, did not immediately disperse the shade of annoyance he felt.
I promise you indemnity for your loss, and an apology that shall, I trust, satisfy your feelings, assuring you that to tamper with witnesses is not the province of a Feverel.
When during the great North American war for the emancipation of the negro, millions of slaves, the regular property of their masters, were declared free without indemnity to the latter, the thing was done "in the name of the public weal.
Only in some of the cases of the worst crimes against morality, can a slight money indemnity be granted to the seduced girl, at the discretion of the court, and without the necessity of proving actual damages.
The indemnity shall, however, not exceed one-fourth of his property.
