Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry Appointed by Order of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia - Couverture rigide

Kommisiia, Russia Chrezvychainaia Slieds; Krivtsov, Alexis

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ISBN 10 : 1354297806 ISBN 13 : 9781354297803

Editeur : Palala Press, 2016

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Extraordinary Commission of I nquiry, His Imperial Highness Prince Alexander Petrovich Oldenburg, the supreme authority in the Russian Empire over all sanitary arrangements and the evacuation of the sick and wounded, found it necessary to take some steps in the matter. His Imperial Highness accordingly addressed a circular, under date of the 215-th of January 1915, to the eeritral comrayitees of Red Cross societies in all countries, not exceptiilg Gerniany apd.-.A ustro-H ungary, and that circular contained a WP5t:e sinst:4he-eneniy sbreach, in this respect, of the universally admitted laws and usages of war. This protest from His Imperial Highness Prince Old enburg failed, however, to produce the desired effect. There was no cessation of these attacks with bombs from aeroplanes and rifle and artillery fire on Russian hospitals, lazarettos, sanitary trains and transports. They not only went on as before, but their constant repetition became so systematic as to leave no room for doubt that in an overwhelming majority of cases, at least, these attacks were specially directed against Russian sanitary establishments and servants of the Red Cross, and that they only formed part of a general plan adopted against us by the A ustro-H ungarian and German Governments for the conduct of this campaign. All sites, buildings and trains occupied by Russian sanitary bodies and detachments are invariably indicated by distinctive signs and flags of the Red Cross, and this fact alone offers sufficient confirmation of the conviction that in every single case of firing upon these sanitary bodies and Red Cross detachments our enemy is actuated by the deliberate and sole design of damaging the means of transport of the Red Cross, of injuring its personnel and the wounded soldiers under the care of its medical officers and attendants. The plea of necessity put forth by our enemy on
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1354297806
• ISBN 13: 9781354297803
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible