American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics and Their Relations to the United States Under the Monroe Doctrine, Volume 2Brentano's, 1908 |
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... Department will say that the American was a dd fool and ought to have known better than to go there . - - If our business man and this is not an imaginary case should lay before our State Department the copy of the contract signed be ...
... Department will say that the American was a dd fool and ought to have known better than to go there . - - If our business man and this is not an imaginary case should lay before our State Department the copy of the contract signed be ...
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... Department to the unnumbered outrages on our own citizens as well as on other civilized men , is it too severe to characterize the policy of our government , as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine , towards our own citizens in Latin ...
... Department to the unnumbered outrages on our own citizens as well as on other civilized men , is it too severe to characterize the policy of our government , as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine , towards our own citizens in Latin ...
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... Department at Washington , for once in its history , was aroused to the extreme importance of activity ; it feared to be placed before the world as the sponsor for savages engaged in the wholesale butchery of civilized men . The acting ...
... Department at Washington , for once in its history , was aroused to the extreme importance of activity ; it feared to be placed before the world as the sponsor for savages engaged in the wholesale butchery of civilized men . The acting ...
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... Department is not disposed to require the punishment of the senti- nel who killed Pears . His punishment was not mentioned in instruction No. 236 , of March 20 , last . But delay in responding to the demand for indemnity should not be ...
... Department is not disposed to require the punishment of the senti- nel who killed Pears . His punishment was not mentioned in instruction No. 236 , of March 20 , last . But delay in responding to the demand for indemnity should not be ...
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... Department was doing them vastly more harm than good . It accomplished absolutely nothing , it made no pretence of doing anything , it afforded no protection whatever to them . The men saw that their only safety lay in kneeling to the ...
... Department was doing them vastly more harm than good . It accomplished absolutely nothing , it made no pretence of doing anything , it afforded no protection whatever to them . The men saw that their only safety lay in kneeling to the ...
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Page 384 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 449 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 389 - 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...
Page 383 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 480 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 390 - ... by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 390 - America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have, to or with any State or People, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 600 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 409 - ... aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow.
Page 554 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defence, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.