The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Admiral Cervera Admiral Dewey Admiral Sampson advance American fleet American ships April April 22 army artillery attack batteries battle-ship block-house blockade boats bombardment brigade Brooklyn Cambon Caney Cape Cruz Captain cavalry Cavité Cervera channel Cienfuegos coal coast command Commodore Schley Congress Cuba Cuban despatch El Caney enemy expedition fight flag flag-ship force French Gloucester Guanica gunboat guns half past harbor Havana hostilities hour iards infantry insurgents intrenchments Iowa island JULES CAMBON July Key West killed Lieutenant Manila ment Merrimac miles military morning movement navy night o'clock officers opened Oregon Pasig river peace Philippines port President protocol Puerto Rico regiments regulars resolution road San Juan Santiago Schley Senate Shafter shells shore shots signal soldiers Spain Span Spaniards Spanish Spanish fleet Spanish Government Spanish ships squadron surrender tion torpedo-boat town treaty troops United vessels victory Washington WILLIAM MCKINLEY wounded
Popular passages
Page 236 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 232 - 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 232 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 32 - WHEREAS, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battleship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Page 268 - Spain ; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 236 - States ship, shall be permitted to continue their voyage, if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to Spanish vessels having on board any officer in the military or naval service of the enemy, or any coal (except such as may be necessary for their voyage), or any other article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Spanish Government.
Page 229 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. 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...
Page 261 - THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM R. DAY, CUSHMAN K. DAVIS, WILLIAM P. FRYE, GEORGE GRAY, and WHITELAW REID, citizens of the United States ; AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN, DON EUGENIO MONTERO R1os, President of the Senate, DON BUENAVENTURA DE ABARZUZA, Senator of the Kingdom and ex-Minister of the Crown, DON JOSE...
Page 262 - A line running from west to east along or near the twentieth parallel of north latitude, and through the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi, from the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) to the one hundred and twenty-seventh (127th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich...
Page 251 - William R. Day, Secretary of State of the United States, and his Excellency, Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France at Washington, respectively possessing for this purpose full...