...recognition of other governments to confirm its international personality. So long as it confines its action to its own citizens, and to the limits of its own territory, it may dispense with such recognition. But if it desires to enter into the society of na11 In Harcourt vs....

...and to the limits of its own territory, it may well dispense with the recognition by others. But it it desires to enter into that great society of nations,...necessary to the complete participation of the new State in all the advantages of this society. Every other State is at liberty to grant, or refuse, this...

...distinction with regards to the rights of the new state, arguing that as long as a state confines its action to its own citizens, and to the limits of its own territory, it may well dispense with the recognition by others. But if it desires to enter into that great society of nations, all the members...

...Emphasizing this crucial distinction with respect to the rights of a new state, he writes that as long as a state confines its actions to its own citizens and...limits of its own territory, it may well dispense with recognition by others. But if it desires to enter into that great society of nations, all the members...

...perfect and complète [...] Ifit desires to enter into thé gréât society of nations, ail thé members which recognize rights to which they are mutually...they may be called upon reciprocally to fulfil, such récognition becomes essentially necessary to complète participation of thé new State in ail thé...