Cyclopedic Review of Current History, Volume 6Alfred Sidney Johnson Garretson, Cox & Company, 1897 |
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... miles from the mouth of the Orinoco . In the new regulations of the Dutch West India Company , issued after the treaty , the Orinoco is again referred to as its territorial limit . II . 1648-1796 . In 1659 the Dutch colonies , Essequibo ...
... miles from the mouth of the Orinoco . In the new regulations of the Dutch West India Company , issued after the treaty , the Orinoco is again referred to as its territorial limit . II . 1648-1796 . In 1659 the Dutch colonies , Essequibo ...
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... miles of coast and 300 or 400 miles of interior extent . In 1827 an of- ficial report of the British lieutenant governor gave the western boundary of the colony as follows : " On the west , a line running north and south fro : n Cape ...
... miles of coast and 300 or 400 miles of interior extent . In 1827 an of- ficial report of the British lieutenant governor gave the western boundary of the colony as follows : " On the west , a line running north and south fro : n Cape ...
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... miles of tumbling It is said that ten were drowned . The survivors sea . were brought to New York , and it became known that the boat was bound for Cuba with men and ammunition to aid the insurgents . The leader , General Calixto Garcia ...
... miles of tumbling It is said that ten were drowned . The survivors sea . were brought to New York , and it became known that the boat was bound for Cuba with men and ammunition to aid the insurgents . The leader , General Calixto Garcia ...
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... miles from Krugersdorp , which lies twenty - one miles northwest of Johannesburg . The Boers were dislodged by the Maxims , and Jameson's men pressed on to Krugersdorp . There , instead of being joined by the contingent from ...
... miles from Krugersdorp , which lies twenty - one miles northwest of Johannesburg . The Boers were dislodged by the Maxims , and Jameson's men pressed on to Krugersdorp . There , instead of being joined by the contingent from ...
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... miles beyond the Elans river when overtaken . Instead of regarding the instruc- tions , he pressed on eastward . Mr. Cham- berlain also called on the British South Af- rica Company to re- pudiate Dr. Jameson's acts , and was assured ...
... miles beyond the Elans river when overtaken . Instead of regarding the instruc- tions , he pressed on eastward . Mr. Cham- berlain also called on the British South Af- rica Company to re- pudiate Dr. Jameson's acts , and was assured ...
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Page 124 - To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence, by the acquisition and protection of historical spots, and the erection of monuments ; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries.
Page 256 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the earth, which we pledge ourselves to promote; and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be maintained.
Page 462 - One word characterises the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perseveringly during fifty-five years; that word is failure. I know no more of electric and magnetic force or of the relation between ether, electricity, and ponderable matter, or of chemical affinity, than I knew and tried to teach to my students of natural philosophy fifty years ago in my first session as Professor.
Page 814 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 814 - Arbitrators may deem to be applicable to the case, and which are not in contravention of the foregoing rule. (c .) In determining the boundary-line, if territory of one Party be found by the Tribunal to have been at the date of this Treaty in the occupation of the subjects or citizens of the other Party, such effect shall be given to such occupation as reason, justice, the principles of international law, and the equities of the case shall, in the opinion of the Tribunal, require.
Page 805 - When the inability of Spain to deal successfully with the insurrection has become manifest, and it is demonstrated that her sovereignty is extinct in Cuba for all purposes of its rightful existence, and when a hopeless struggle for its reestablishment has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain...
Page 276 - We denounce arbitrary interference by Federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal 'Judges, in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges, and executioners...
Page 256 - All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United States and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened nations of the earth.
Page 278 - Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Page 844 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.