The Protection of Citizens Abroad by the Armed Forces of the United StatesJohns Hopkins university, 1928 - 170 páginas |
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... destroy piratical craft , discovered a schooner off Escondido about three miles to the eastward , apparently full of men and making suspiciously desperate efforts to gain the shore by the use of her sweeps . At 8 h . 15 m . Lieutenant ...
... destroy piratical craft , discovered a schooner off Escondido about three miles to the eastward , apparently full of men and making suspiciously desperate efforts to gain the shore by the use of her sweeps . At 8 h . 15 m . Lieutenant ...
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... destroy the boats , forts and dwellings near the scene of the attack , giving public warning to the population of ... destroyed by fire , several proas burned on the building stocks , and more than one hundred and fifty of the Quallah ...
... destroy the boats , forts and dwellings near the scene of the attack , giving public warning to the population of ... destroyed by fire , several proas burned on the building stocks , and more than one hundred and fifty of the Quallah ...
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... destroyed Arro . The natives lost fifty - seven killed , while one American was severely wounded.46 44 Charles Wilkes , Narrative of the United States Exploring Ex- pedition during the years 1838 , 1839 , 1840 , 1841 , 1842 ( 5 vols ...
... destroyed Arro . The natives lost fifty - seven killed , while one American was severely wounded.46 44 Charles Wilkes , Narrative of the United States Exploring Ex- pedition during the years 1838 , 1839 , 1840 , 1841 , 1842 ( 5 vols ...
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... destroying three hundred houses . No Americans were injured.48 SECTION 16 .-— PERRY'S EXPEDITION TO JAPAN , 1853-1854 When Commodore Matthew C. Perry visited Japan in the summer of 1853 and again in the spring of 1854 , the major 49 47 ...
... destroying three hundred houses . No Americans were injured.48 SECTION 16 .-— PERRY'S EXPEDITION TO JAPAN , 1853-1854 When Commodore Matthew C. Perry visited Japan in the summer of 1853 and again in the spring of 1854 , the major 49 47 ...
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... destroy them . " 58 66 The Chinese refused to move . At the hour named , the joint forces attacked under cover of the fire of a 12 - pound boat howitzer and two private field guns worked by American residents of Shanghai . The front of ...
... destroy them . " 58 66 The Chinese refused to move . At the hour named , the joint forces attacked under cover of the fire of a 12 - pound boat howitzer and two private field guns worked by American residents of Shanghai . The front of ...
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1st sess 2d sess 58th Cong action affair American forces Annual Reports April armed force Asiatic Squadron Aspinwall attack Bluefields boats bombardment brig British Captain Caribbean Chinese citizens abroad Colon Commodore companies of marines consul crew cruisers Cuba Cuban David Porter days later detachment Dominican Dominican Republic expedition February fire flag Foreign Relations guard guns Haiti hundred Ibid insurgents islands Isthmus Japanese July July 12 June killed landing force landing party legation Lieutenant lives and property Managua March ment natives naval officers Navy Department Nicaragua November o'clock ordered Panama piracy pirates port Port au Prince President protection of American Puerto Cortes Puerto Plata railroad reached Rear Admiral reembarked request revolutionary sailed Santo Domingo schooner seamen and marines Secretary SECTION sent ashore September ships sloop-of-war soon Squadron station Stephen Cassin Straits of Shimonoseki town treaty troops United States consul United States minister vessels wounded
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Página 66 - ... articles of this treaty, the United States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned isthmus...
Página 66 - States guarantee, positively and efficaciously, to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists ; and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Página 436 - ... keeping a respectable force stationed there at this time, is found in the maritime war raging between the Greeks and the Turks; and in which the neutral navigation of this Union is always in danger of outrage and depredation. A few instances have occurred of such depredations upon our merchant vessels by privateers or pirates wearing the Grecian flag, but without real authority from the Greek or any other government...
Página 119 - I, therefore, come to ask your approval that I should use the armed forces of the United States in such ways and to such an extent as may be necessary to obtain from General Huerta and his adherents the fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States, even amidst the distressing conditions now unhappily obtaining in Mexico.
Página 119 - I, therefore, felt it my duty to sustain Admiral Mayo in the whole of his demand and to insist that the flag of the United States should be saluted in such a way as to indicate a new spirit and attitude on the part of the Huertistas.
Página 424 - The use of force against a foreign and friendly state, or against anyone within the territories thereof, is illegal. The right of selfpreservation, however, is a right which belongs to States as well as to individuals, and in the case of States it includes the protection of the State, its honor, and its possessions, and the lives and property of its citizens against arbitrary violence, actual or impending, whereby the State or its citizens may suffer irreparable injury.
Página 424 - States or to citizens thereof is committed or threatened, in violation of the principles of international law or treaty rights, the commander in chief shall consult with the diplomatic representative or consul of the United States, and take such steps as the gravity of the case demands, reporting immediately to the Secretary of the Navy all the facts. The responsibility for any action taken by a naval force, however, rests wholly upon the commanding officer thereof.
Página 155 - In the event that the Chinese Authorities are unable to afford such protection, it is of course the fundamental duty of the United States to protect the lives and property of its citizens.
Página 71 - Castle, William C. Wilder, Charles L. Carter and Joseph Marsden ; And the said Plenipotentiaries, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : ARTICLE I.
Página 148 - ... co-operation. I have therefore the honor to propose that your excellency should so far co-operate with me as to sanction the landing upon the coast of Cuba of our boats and men, when in pursuit of pirates.