A World History of Our Own Times: From the turn of the century to the 1918 armisticeSimon and Schuster, 1949 |
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... Panama . ” The “ Panama scandal ” presently revealed that many leading Republican politicians and several prominent Jews had turned a disastrous enterprise to their own account at the expense of the French investing public . But ...
... Panama . ” The “ Panama scandal ” presently revealed that many leading Republican politicians and several prominent Jews had turned a disastrous enterprise to their own account at the expense of the French investing public . But ...
Page 197
... Panama or Nicaragua . By the early 1900's he had an unanswerable case and , in President Roosevelt , an indomitable disciple . In 1900 an American commission to investigate and report on the best location for such a canal recommended Panama ...
... Panama or Nicaragua . By the early 1900's he had an unanswerable case and , in President Roosevelt , an indomitable disciple . In 1900 an American commission to investigate and report on the best location for such a canal recommended Panama ...
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... Panama belonged to the independent sovereign Republic of Colombia , which could not build the canal itself but wanted to get the best possible terms for per- mitting the United States to do so . José Vincente Concha , Colombian Minister ...
... Panama belonged to the independent sovereign Republic of Colombia , which could not build the canal itself but wanted to get the best possible terms for per- mitting the United States to do so . José Vincente Concha , Colombian Minister ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF 1900 | 7 |
CHAPTER PAGE 1 EUROPE AND GERMANY 3 | 7 |
THE LESSER TWOTHIRDS OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE | 23 |
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