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THE ARMISTICE LAWSREGULATIONS OBSERVED DURING ACESSATION OF HOSTILITIES.4a ArmMlrf Mut/tta In Writ tug and✓IHIj Katlflert by th« Contending Nation** HI|hM( Aothorltln Onrr Signed. It la Binding aad M«tl*f* Have No Weight.An armistice is a cessation of hostili-lien for a certain present**! period to be agre«*d 01**1 by the belligerent*. An armistice must t*e set down in writing and properly and duly ratified by the highest anthoritle* of the nation* at war In case of an armistice between the United States and Spain the signer* of the agreement would be PresidentMcKinley and the little boy in Madrid, or perhaps his mother, the unhappy regent There are. however, different kinds of armistice If one be declared without conditions, it is binding no further than to require aud demand a complete cawation of all hostile action along the battle front of both belligerents If there conditions, it is declared in the unwritten statutes of international law that these conditions must le clearly and definitely expressed in the agreement, and it must be understood in advance that both parties to the armistice fully comprehend all tin* terms attached to the agreement. These condition*, no matter what they may involve. mu*t be religiously and scrupulously adhered to on both sides, and the slightest violation means that civilized nations will no longer recognize the offender as one of them
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Aug 18, 1898
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