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remembered that the representatives of the.
powers, and of Russia also, on January 17th,
1871, signed a protocol, whereby it was settled
as an essential axiom in international law, that
no power can absolve itself from the
obligations which are entered into by treaty without
the consent of the contracting parties.
Therefore Russia openly acknowledged that her
declaration of not choosing to abide by the
injunctions stipulated for in the Treaty of Paris
respecting the Black Sea, was precipitate,
and that, consequently, the treaty was
permanently in force until it was formally
abrogated. This took place in the new treaty of
March 3rd, of the same year. Besides, here
comes in what was said above about the value
of such treaties as are concluded after brute
force has determined the issue. And this not
only was the case in the Black Sea stipulations,
but also with respect to the unfulfilled promises
of article 5 of the Treaty of Prague, whereby
the Danish people was to be given the
opportunity for a plebiscite in determining upon their
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