The American MediterraneanMoffat, Yard, 1912 - 488 pages |
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... military activity . It was then the plan and the frank purpose of the British government to make Jamaica and St. Lucia impregnable . Vast sums were spent at Castries and elsewhere . Then swiftly came the change of policy , the great ...
... military activity . It was then the plan and the frank purpose of the British government to make Jamaica and St. Lucia impregnable . Vast sums were spent at Castries and elsewhere . Then swiftly came the change of policy , the great ...
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... military stand- point , at least , we can well ignore the development of German strength and influence in southern Brazil , where it would be , whatever may come of it , farther from our shores than the fatherland on the banks of the ...
... military stand- point , at least , we can well ignore the development of German strength and influence in southern Brazil , where it would be , whatever may come of it , farther from our shores than the fatherland on the banks of the ...
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... military base . Governor Magoon , who presided over our second inter- vention in Cuban affairs , was a large man , about the size of his immediate predecessor , President Taft , and about ten times the size of little Weyler , whom I ...
... military base . Governor Magoon , who presided over our second inter- vention in Cuban affairs , was a large man , about the size of his immediate predecessor , President Taft , and about ten times the size of little Weyler , whom I ...
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... military permitted . Even as we watched , an officer in gorgeous uniform of many colours and much gold braid came stalking by and passed out , having whispered the password to the sentry . But as we drew near and prepared to enter there ...
... military permitted . Even as we watched , an officer in gorgeous uniform of many colours and much gold braid came stalking by and passed out , having whispered the password to the sentry . But as we drew near and prepared to enter there ...
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... military chief executes a state stroke , as did Nord Alexis nearly eight years ago , he presents the legislators with the alternative of a banquet and a con- tinuance of good times , or of facing a shooting party in a convenient ...
... military chief executes a state stroke , as did Nord Alexis nearly eight years ago , he presents the legislators with the alternative of a banquet and a con- tinuance of good times , or of facing a shooting party in a convenient ...
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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.