Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... A GUIDE TO DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE BOOK III. INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND TRANSACTIONS CHAPTER XXV CONGRESSES 439. General observations-- 440. List of more important Congresses-- 441. Miinster and Osnabriick (Westphalia)-- 442. Origin of the term Congress-- 443. Pyrenees-- 444. Oliva-- 445. Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)-- 446. Nijmegen-- 447. Frankfort-- 448. Rijswijk-- 449. Carlowitz-- 450. Utrecht -- 451. Cambray-- 452. Soissons-- 453. Breda and Aixla-Chapelle (1748J-- 454. Fokchany and Bukharest-- 455. Teschen-- 456. Altemat between Russia and France at Teschen-- 457. Rastadt-- 458. Amiens-- 459. Prague -- 460. Chatillon-- 461. Vienna-- 462. Aix-la-Chapelle (181S)-- 463. Troppau-- 464. Laybach-- 465. Verona-- 466. Paris-- 467. Berlin. 439. From the point of view of International Law there is no essential difference between Congresses and Conferences. Both are meetings of plenipotentiaries for the discussion and settlement of international affairs. The presence sometimes of sovereigns at the place where they have been carried on does not alter their character. Analysis of the questions dealt with at one or other of such assemblies as were of greater historical importance may assist in determining on what occasions one or the other term should be employed. Both have included meetings, first, for the determination of political questions; second, for treating of matters of a social-economic character. Congresses have usually been convoked for the negotiation of a peace between belligerent Powers and the redistribution of territory which in most cases is one of the..."
