The American MediterraneanMoffat, Yard, 1912 - 488 pages |
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Page 40
... election promises and campaign engage- ments created his own greatest difficulties . His method of government has been simplicity itself . A fat office must be given to an uneasy spirit . Any man who might go out into the woods must be ...
... election promises and campaign engage- ments created his own greatest difficulties . His method of government has been simplicity itself . A fat office must be given to an uneasy spirit . Any man who might go out into the woods must be ...
Page 42
... election time , when much that is usually submerged came to the sur- face , I crossed and recrossed the island from Santiago to Pinar del Rio , I came in contact with men of all classes and of all colours , with foreigners and with ...
... election time , when much that is usually submerged came to the sur- face , I crossed and recrossed the island from Santiago to Pinar del Rio , I came in contact with men of all classes and of all colours , with foreigners and with ...
Page 60
... election . The practice , however , is just the reverse . The Presi- dent selects the senators and the deputies , and they in turn , out of gratitude for the salaries received , the junketings enjoyed , and the bribes which they have ...
... election . The practice , however , is just the reverse . The Presi- dent selects the senators and the deputies , and they in turn , out of gratitude for the salaries received , the junketings enjoyed , and the bribes which they have ...
Page 66
... elections is the most flagrant . Elections to the Chamber are held or not held , not as prescribed by law and at the proper intervals , but simply when and how it may suit the personal convenience and private profit of the supreme ...
... elections is the most flagrant . Elections to the Chamber are held or not held , not as prescribed by law and at the proper intervals , but simply when and how it may suit the personal convenience and private profit of the supreme ...
Page 67
... election at all , but simply declares the government candidates success- ful . When the prescribed forms are observed , however , the soldiers deposit in a bunch the required number of ballots in the box and then the polls are closed ...
... election at all , but simply declares the government candidates success- ful . When the prescribed forms are observed , however , the soldiers deposit in a bunch the required number of ballots in the box and then the polls are closed ...
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Page 475 - The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 404 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United 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 405 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 404 - That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain, by colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island.
Page 464 - ... this treaty or by reason of the operations of the United States, its agents or employees, or by reason of the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of the works of sanitation and protection herein provided for, shall be appraised and settled by a joint Commission appointed by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Panama...
Page 462 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Page 465 - Panama and authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to the United States its rights, privileges, properties, and concessions, as well as the Panama Railroad and all the shares or part of the shares of that company...
Page 461 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...
Page 475 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Page 404 - President is hereby authorized to "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people" so soon as a government shall have been established in said island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows: "I.