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... NAVAL WARFARE . By HOBART PASHA , Admiral , Imperial Ottoman Navy THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES . BY AN OLD DIPLOMATIST · · • 427 JAPAN AND THE WESTERN POWERS . BY MATSUYAMA MAKOTO 406 THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK ...
... NAVAL WARFARE . By HOBART PASHA , Admiral , Imperial Ottoman Navy THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES . BY AN OLD DIPLOMATIST · · • 427 JAPAN AND THE WESTERN POWERS . BY MATSUYAMA MAKOTO 406 THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK ...
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... naval powers , particularly England , who would , in the event of a war , have at their mercy the entire merchant marine of their enemies , while their own would be unmolested . The possibility of such a state of things was , of course ...
... naval powers , particularly England , who would , in the event of a war , have at their mercy the entire merchant marine of their enemies , while their own would be unmolested . The possibility of such a state of things was , of course ...
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... naval volunteer force sanctioned by the Prussian Government and the system of privateering which , under the designation of ' la course , ' the Declaration of Paris was intended to suppress , and that her Majesty's Government cannot ...
... naval volunteer force sanctioned by the Prussian Government and the system of privateering which , under the designation of ' la course , ' the Declaration of Paris was intended to suppress , and that her Majesty's Government cannot ...
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... naval Landsturm - in appealing to all the maritime resources of the nation to combat the enemy . The characteristic difference - and which is the reason for rejecting privateering - is , that it is not militarily organized , that it ...
... naval Landsturm - in appealing to all the maritime resources of the nation to combat the enemy . The characteristic difference - and which is the reason for rejecting privateering - is , that it is not militarily organized , that it ...
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... naval and military forces of the United States , and the restoration of the Federal authority , though even that fact did not avail them in the court of ultimate resort . The most interesting question affecting the obligations of the ...
... naval and military forces of the United States , and the restoration of the Federal authority , though even that fact did not avail them in the court of ultimate resort . The most interesting question affecting the obligations of the ...
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Page 183 - But, as the British Constitution is the most subtile organism which has proceeded from the womb and the long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
Page 251 - The end is the profit of the master, his security, and the public safety; the subject, one doomed, in his own person and his posterity, to live without knowledge, and without the capacity to make anything his own, and to toil that another may reap the fruits.
Page 276 - I have heard in highest places the shameless doctrine avowed by men grown old in public office that the true way by which power should be gained in the republic is to bribe the people with the offices created for their service, and the true end for which it should be used when gained is the promotion of selfish ambition and the gratification of personal revenge. I have heard that suspicion haunts the footsteps of the trusted companions of the President.
Page 34 - ... carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 34 - ... Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 53 - Darwin to set aside, is as firmly associated with the creation of a few forms as with the creation of a multitude. We need clearness and thoroughness here. Two courses and two only are possible. Either let us open our doors freely to the conception of creative acts, or, abandoning them, let us radically change our notions of matter.
Page 403 - The ships of war of the United States shall render friendly aid and assistance to such Japanese vessels as they may meet on the high seas, so far as can be done without a breach of neutrality; and all American consuls residing at ports visited by Japanese vessels shall also give them such friendly aid as may be permitted by the laws of the respective countries in which they reside.
Page 460 - For nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow spear'd by the shrike, And the whole little wood where I sit is a world of plunder and prey.
Page 74 - The greatest trouble, if not peril, being a constant source of anxiety and disturbance, is from Fenianism, which is excited by the British flag in Canada. Therefore the withdrawal of the British flag cannot be abandoned as a condition or preliminary of such a settlement as is now proposed. To make the settlement complete, the withdrawal should be from this hemisphere, including provinces and islands.
Page 320 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.