Modernizing the Monroe DoctrineHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 202 pages |
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... Brazil , and continue down the coast together , stopping at Bahia , the seaport of the country from which come the Brazilian dia- monds , and then Rio de Janeiro , the beauty of whose famous harbor must be seen to be realized , and can ...
... Brazil , and continue down the coast together , stopping at Bahia , the seaport of the country from which come the Brazilian dia- monds , and then Rio de Janeiro , the beauty of whose famous harbor must be seen to be realized , and can ...
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... Brazil to about $ 500,000,000 , of Chile , $ 200,000,000 , of Uruguay , $ 100,000,000 , while all other South ... Brazil's 21,000,000 , although its foreign trade is double that of the latter 5 WHAT IS SOUTH AMERICA LIKE ?
... Brazil to about $ 500,000,000 , of Chile , $ 200,000,000 , of Uruguay , $ 100,000,000 , while all other South ... Brazil's 21,000,000 , although its foreign trade is double that of the latter 5 WHAT IS SOUTH AMERICA LIKE ?
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... Brazil , $ 200,000,000 for Chile , and $ 100,000,000 for Uruguay , not only prove how great is the purchasing power of South America , making their markets well worth our study , but also they show how that purchasing power is ...
... Brazil , $ 200,000,000 for Chile , and $ 100,000,000 for Uruguay , not only prove how great is the purchasing power of South America , making their markets well worth our study , but also they show how that purchasing power is ...
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... Brazil and Chile . Another of our handicaps in the past was the fact that we were accustomed to send our best agents to Europe and the Far East , while comparatively few of our commercial representatives in South America were recruited ...
... Brazil and Chile . Another of our handicaps in the past was the fact that we were accustomed to send our best agents to Europe and the Far East , while comparatively few of our commercial representatives in South America were recruited ...
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... but also to its worthy citizenship ? More marvellous still are the amazing annual increases to be noted in the ― already impressive foreign trade of Argentina and of Brazil . 52 THE SOUTH AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW: IS WORTH CONSIDERING?
... but also to its worthy citizenship ? More marvellous still are the amazing annual increases to be noted in the ― already impressive foreign trade of Argentina and of Brazil . 52 THE SOUTH AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW: IS WORTH CONSIDERING?
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Page 197 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 92 - 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 93 - 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 any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally Impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 159 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present...
Page 94 - The doctrine promulgated by President Monroe has been adhered to by all political parties, and I now deem it proper to assert the equally important principle that hereafter no territory on this continent shall be regarded as subject of transfer to a European. power.
Page 96 - That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crisis, cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of the said territory pass into the hands of any foreign power...
Page 82 - The day is not distant when we may formally require a meridian of partition through the ocean which separates the two hemispheres, on the hither side of which no European gun shall ever be heard...
Page 181 - It is understood that any obligations assumed in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba are limited to the time of its occupancy thereof; but it will upon the termination of such occupancy, advise any Government established in the island to assume the same obligations.
Page 93 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 80 - If there be any European Power which cherishes other projects, which looks to a forcible enterprise for reducing the colonies to subjugation, on the behalf or in the name of Spain; or which meditates the acquisition of any part of them to itself, by cession or by conquest...