The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... Government have been success- fully administered and its credit advanced to the first rank ; while its currency has been maintained at the world's highest standard . Military service under a common flag and for a righteous cause has ...
... Government have been success- fully administered and its credit advanced to the first rank ; while its currency has been maintained at the world's highest standard . Military service under a common flag and for a righteous cause has ...
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... Government , for its part , that equal appreciation would be shown for its own earnest and unselfish endeavors to fulfill a duty to humanity by ending a situa- tion the indefinite prolongation of which had become insufferable . Still ...
... Government , for its part , that equal appreciation would be shown for its own earnest and unselfish endeavors to fulfill a duty to humanity by ending a situa- tion the indefinite prolongation of which had become insufferable . Still ...
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... Government by the uncertainties and perils of the situation caused by the unen- durable disturbance in Cuba . I said : The long trial has proved that the object for which Spain has waged the war can not be attained . The fire of ...
... Government by the uncertainties and perils of the situation caused by the unen- durable disturbance in Cuba . I said : The long trial has proved that the object for which Spain has waged the war can not be attained . The fire of ...
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... Government of the United States does hereby demand , that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and govern- ment in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters . Third . That ...
... Government of the United States does hereby demand , that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and govern- ment in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters . Third . That ...
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... Government at Washington . This service was invaluable to the Executive in directing the opera- tions of the Army and Navy . With a total force of over 1,300 the loss was by disease in camp and field , officers and men included , only ...
... Government at Washington . This service was invaluable to the Executive in directing the opera- tions of the Army and Navy . With a total force of over 1,300 the loss was by disease in camp and field , officers and men included , only ...
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Page 10 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 10 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the Island to its people.
Page 339 - States as to the conduct which he is to observe during the military occupation. '•The first effect of the military occupation of the enemy's territory is the severance of the former political relations of the inhabitants and the establishment of a new political power.
Page 340 - ... become payable to the military occupant, unless he sees fit to substitute for them other rates or modes of contribution to the expenses of the government. The moneys so collected are to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses of government under the military occupation, such as the salaries of the judges and the police, and for the payment of the expenses of the Army.
Page 20 - Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and also an island in the Ladrones to be selected by the United States.
Page 5 - Of the untried measures there remain only: Recognition of the insurgents as belligerents; recognition of the independence of Cuba; neutral intervention to end the war by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants, and intervention in favor of one or the other party. I speak not of forcible annexation, for that can not be thought of. That, by our code of morality, would be criminal aggression.
Page 275 - Though the powers of the military occupant are absolute and supreme and immediately operate upon the political condition of the inhabitants...
Page 340 - ... order. He will then possess the power to replace or expel the native officials in part or altogether, to substitute new courts of his own constitution for those that now exist, or to create such new or supplementary tribunals as may be necessary. In the exercise of these high powers the commander must be guided by his judgment and his experience and a high sense of justice.
Page 9 - In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop. In view of these facts and of these considerations I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable...
Page 9 - ... hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquillity and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purposes.