Foreigners in Latin America and relations with foreign governmentsBrentano's, 1908 |
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... PORTS XIV . THE PANAMA CANAL AND COLOMBIA . " HOLD - UP " ON A RATHER LARGE SCALE · XV . THE PANAMA MASSACRE IN 1856 . XVI . CHILI'S ALLEGED FRIENDSHIP FOR THE UNITED STATES . THE BALTIMORE AFFAIR · XVII . REIGN OF TERROR UNDER THE ...
... PORTS XIV . THE PANAMA CANAL AND COLOMBIA . " HOLD - UP " ON A RATHER LARGE SCALE · XV . THE PANAMA MASSACRE IN 1856 . XVI . CHILI'S ALLEGED FRIENDSHIP FOR THE UNITED STATES . THE BALTIMORE AFFAIR · XVII . REIGN OF TERROR UNDER THE ...
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... ports of Brazil , and added : " I bespeak for the Wilmington the same cordial reception and courtesy which your Excellency's government has always accorded to the ships of my government , and trust that her visit will still further ...
... ports of Brazil , and added : " I bespeak for the Wilmington the same cordial reception and courtesy which your Excellency's government has always accorded to the ships of my government , and trust that her visit will still further ...
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... port of La Guaira , having captured , without previous notice of war , the steamers Crespo , Ossun , Totumo , and Margarita . Therefore , if the same thing should take place in that port , proceed so as to be able to prepare yourself ...
... port of La Guaira , having captured , without previous notice of war , the steamers Crespo , Ossun , Totumo , and Margarita . Therefore , if the same thing should take place in that port , proceed so as to be able to prepare yourself ...
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... port of La Guaira by ships of Germany and England . God and federation . FRANCISCO E. RANGEL . Similar and even more savage orders were given to the authorities of all the other States , and every one was given to understand that in the ...
... port of La Guaira by ships of Germany and England . God and federation . FRANCISCO E. RANGEL . Similar and even more savage orders were given to the authorities of all the other States , and every one was given to understand that in the ...
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... John B. Terres , Vice - Consul General at Port au Prince , Haiti , wrote Secretary of State John W. Foster , calling VOL . II - 2 his attention to the imprisonment of Mr. Frederick Mevs , AMERICANS IN LATIN - AMERICA 17.
... John B. Terres , Vice - Consul General at Port au Prince , Haiti , wrote Secretary of State John W. Foster , calling VOL . II - 2 his attention to the imprisonment of Mr. Frederick Mevs , AMERICANS IN LATIN - AMERICA 17.
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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 384 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness...
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 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 385 - It is still the true policy of the "United States to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue the same course.
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 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.