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Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified all the provisions of the clause prescribing the duty of states to participate in sanctions

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Hjalmar Branting
Age: 64 †
Born: 1860
Born: November 23
Died: 1925
Died: February 21
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