At the Edge of the PitNews Publishing Company, 1914 - 160 páginas A discussion of the foreign relations of the United States relating especially to Japan and Mexico, and the question of Panama canal tolls. |
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... effect of having been born that way . It is like garlic to an Italian . He has it every meal ; he smells of it ; but he is entirely un- conscious of it . So when Mr. Wilson begged Congress with tears in his voice to repeal the free ...
... effect of having been born that way . It is like garlic to an Italian . He has it every meal ; he smells of it ; but he is entirely un- conscious of it . So when Mr. Wilson begged Congress with tears in his voice to repeal the free ...
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... effect , for the reason , that under present conditions it would take two years to obtain adequate war material and one year , at least , to train and discipline men . The raw material for the making of an army is here , but raw ...
... effect , for the reason , that under present conditions it would take two years to obtain adequate war material and one year , at least , to train and discipline men . The raw material for the making of an army is here , but raw ...
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... effect that the United States government relinquished all claims in respect to the ship to the Cuban government , as it was in their waters and harbor and if they wished it removed , there was no ob- jection on the part of the United ...
... effect that the United States government relinquished all claims in respect to the ship to the Cuban government , as it was in their waters and harbor and if they wished it removed , there was no ob- jection on the part of the United ...
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... of the United States to placate General Huerta by resorting to the good offices of Argentine , Brazil and Chili , in an endeavor to effect an amicable settlement for his refusal to fire the salute demanded , AT THE EDGE OF THE PIT 39.
... of the United States to placate General Huerta by resorting to the good offices of Argentine , Brazil and Chili , in an endeavor to effect an amicable settlement for his refusal to fire the salute demanded , AT THE EDGE OF THE PIT 39.
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... effect palliative , and varnished over a bad condi- tion of affairs : and then war was inconvenient . An element of great weakness in a military sense is seen in the sociological condition of the United States which is unique in the ...
... effect palliative , and varnished over a bad condi- tion of affairs : and then war was inconvenient . An element of great weakness in a military sense is seen in the sociological condition of the United States which is unique in the ...
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Página 81 - Either some Caesar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand, or your republic will be as fearfully plundered and laid waste by barbarians in the twentieth century as the Roman Empire was in the fifth, with this difference, that the Huns and Vandals who ravaged the Roman Empire came from without, and that your Huns and Vandals will have been engendered within your own country by your own institutions.
Página 65 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Página 63 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Página 60 - Britain hereby, declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship-canal ; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Página 64 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
Página 122 - 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 66 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Página 61 - April, 1850,1 commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the "general principle...
Página 60 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Página 71 - States or corporations organised and chartered under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, the President and managing directors of which shall be citizens of the United States and no others, may be registered as directed in this title.