SERIES XXXVIIl NO. 3 



JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIES 



IN 



Historical and Political Science 



Under the Direction of tbe 



Departments of History, Political Economy, and 

 Political Science 



THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PLEBISCITE 



IN THE DETERMINATION OF 



SOVEREIGNTY 



BY 



JOHANNES MATTERN 

 Assistant Librarian in The Johns Hopkins University 



BALTIMORE 



THh JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS 



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