Most of the treaties bind the signatory powers to submit to the Hague Tribunal all differences in so far as they do not affect "the independence, the honor, the vital interests, or the exercise of sovereignty of the contracting countries, and provided it has been impossible to obtain an amicable solution by means of direct diplomatic negotiations or by any other method of conciliation."
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
Without doubt we shall arrive at some amicable understanding that will insure your safety.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
The only pain which the step costs me being occasioned by my separation from my present colleagues which it involves, and the dissolution of the professional and social relationship, to myself of the most amicable and agreeable character.
"The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"
Robert Peter