A Digest of International Law as Embodied in Diplomatic Discussions, Treaties and Other International Agreements, Volume 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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... obtain this end it would be far better to accept condi- tions which may be hard and unwelcome than by demanding too much to force the continuance of the military control of Chile . It is hoped that you will be able , in your necessary ...
... obtain this end it would be far better to accept condi- tions which may be hard and unwelcome than by demanding too much to force the continuance of the military control of Chile . It is hoped that you will be able , in your necessary ...
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... obtain a lasting and satisfactory settlement . The Peruvians can not but be aware of the sympathy and interest of the people and government of the United States , and will , I feel confident , be prepared to give to your repre ...
... obtain a lasting and satisfactory settlement . The Peruvians can not but be aware of the sympathy and interest of the people and government of the United States , and will , I feel confident , be prepared to give to your repre ...
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... obtain the best terms it could , and hoped that it would be able to satisfy the just demands of Chile without the painful sacrifice of the national territory . But we did not make , and never intended to make , any special result of the ...
... obtain the best terms it could , and hoped that it would be able to satisfy the just demands of Chile without the painful sacrifice of the national territory . But we did not make , and never intended to make , any special result of the ...
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... obtain it only by slow and circuitous action by way of Madrid . The captain - general of Cuba has , in effect , by the laws of Spain , supreme and absolute authority there for all purposes of wrong to our citi- zens ; but this ...
... obtain it only by slow and circuitous action by way of Madrid . The captain - general of Cuba has , in effect , by the laws of Spain , supreme and absolute authority there for all purposes of wrong to our citi- zens ; but this ...
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... obtain information on several points , and renders con- siderable delay in reaching any conclusion necessary . " Under these circumstances , and as certain of the European gov- ernments have issued instructions to their representatives ...
... obtain information on several points , and renders con- siderable delay in reaching any conclusion necessary . " Under these circumstances , and as certain of the European gov- ernments have issued instructions to their representatives ...
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Page 396 - 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 397 - 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 397 - Continents, circumstances are eminently and conspicuously different. It is impossible that the Allied Powers should extend their political system to any portion of either Continent without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can anyone believe that our Southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 231 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 6 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 218 - 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 388 - Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one. or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship; and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.
Page 363 - OBSERVE good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin, this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 541 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 395 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.