Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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Page 60
... railway station , lies tucked away immediately under the animal's jaw . From there to a point on the north shore , near La Punta , in a slightly curving line , a high wall was erected for the purpose of defence on the western or ...
... railway station , lies tucked away immediately under the animal's jaw . From there to a point on the north shore , near La Punta , in a slightly curving line , a high wall was erected for the purpose of defence on the western or ...
Page 89
... railway . In 1830 , the United States had only thirty - two miles of line , the beginning of its present enormous system . Cuba's first railway was opened to traffic in Novem- ber , 1837. It was a forty - five mile line connecting ...
... railway . In 1830 , the United States had only thirty - two miles of line , the beginning of its present enormous system . Cuba's first railway was opened to traffic in Novem- ber , 1837. It was a forty - five mile line connecting ...
Page 90
... railway " from one end of the island to the other had been under consideration for many years . The configuration lent itself excellently to such a system , and not at all well to any other . A railway map of such a system shows a line ...
... railway " from one end of the island to the other had been under consideration for many years . The configuration lent itself excellently to such a system , and not at all well to any other . A railway map of such a system shows a line ...
Page 91
... railway journey . In most of the larger cities of the island , a half dozen or so of them , the traveller is made fairly comfortable and is almost invariably well fed . But any question of physical comfort in hotels , more particularly ...
... railway journey . In most of the larger cities of the island , a half dozen or so of them , the traveller is made fairly comfortable and is almost invariably well fed . But any question of physical comfort in hotels , more particularly ...
Page 98
... railways , trolleys , and automobile busses are unsatis- factory means of locomotion for sight - seeing . The passenger is rushed past the very sights that would be of the greatest interest . To most of us , a private hired automobile ...
... railways , trolleys , and automobile busses are unsatis- factory means of locomotion for sight - seeing . The passenger is rushed past the very sights that would be of the greatest interest . To most of us , a private hired automobile ...
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Page 121 - 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 176 - 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 126 - Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in, wresting it from Spain if we possess the power...
Page 119 - These islands, from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union.
Page 175 - Of the untried measures there remain only: Recognition of the insurgents as belligerents; recognition of the independence of Cuba; neutral intervention to end the war by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants, and intervention in favor of one or the other party. I speak not of forcible annexation, for that can not be thought of. That, by our code of morality, would be criminal aggression.
Page 172 - From the hour of achieving their own independence, the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other American peoples to free themselves from European domination. We watch with deep and abiding interest the heroic battle of the Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression, and our best hopes go out fur the full success of their determined contest for liberty.
Page 172 - As I said in my message of last December, it was not civilized warfare; it was extermination. The only peace it could beget was that of the wilderness and the grave.
Page 120 - ... in looking forward to the probable course of events for the short period of half a century, it Ls scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Page 124 - Congress may grant to insure the observance of our just rights, to obtain redress for injuries received, and to vindicate the honor of our flag. In anticipation of that contingency, which I earnestly hope may not arise, I suggest to Congress the propriety of adopting such provisional measures as the exigency may seem to demand.
Page 152 - While conscious that the insurrection in Cuba has shown a strength and endurance which make it at least doubtful whether it be in the power of Spain to subdue it, it seems unquestionable that no such civil organization exists which may be recognized as an independent government capable of performing its international obligations and entitled to be treated as one of the powers of the earth.