The Life of William McKinley, Volume 2Houghton Mifflin, 1916 |
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... dispatch , and when the responsibility is fixed , the Government will be prepared to act , and if the facts warrant it will act with resolution but not before . " - A court of inquiry which was promptly appointed reported , after ...
... dispatch , and when the responsibility is fixed , the Government will be prepared to act , and if the facts warrant it will act with resolution but not before . " - A court of inquiry which was promptly appointed reported , after ...
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... dispatch from General Shafter dated July 3. In the same message the general an- nounced that he was " seriously considering with- drawing about five miles , " and told of the illness of General Young , General Wheeler , and himself ...
... dispatch from General Shafter dated July 3. In the same message the general an- nounced that he was " seriously considering with- drawing about five miles , " and told of the illness of General Young , General Wheeler , and himself ...
Page 103
... which the dispatches have been saying so much . My own relation to it was quite fully told in a dispatch to be sent to you personally at the White House , of which Judge Day told me confidentially . THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 103.
... which the dispatches have been saying so much . My own relation to it was quite fully told in a dispatch to be sent to you personally at the White House , of which Judge Day told me confidentially . THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 103.
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... dispatch might have been liable to a miscon- ception . In the final hint with which my midnight conversation with the Spanish Ambassador , at my rooms , was closed , I said : " There is no hope for you as to the Cuban debt . Leave it ...
... dispatch might have been liable to a miscon- ception . In the final hint with which my midnight conversation with the Spanish Ambassador , at my rooms , was closed , I said : " There is no hope for you as to the Cuban debt . Leave it ...
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... dispatch ; and I must say that , while suspecting all the time that he was playing a part , I could not but feel that if so he was a consummate actor . At the last he seemed al- most to break down , saying , “ It is cruel , cruel , most ...
... dispatch ; and I must say that , while suspecting all the time that he was playing a part , I could not but feel that if so he was a consummate actor . At the last he seemed al- most to break down , saying , “ It is cruel , cruel , most ...
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Page 190 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 311 - NEARER, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 29 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Page 204 - Cuba, substantially as follows: 1. 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 38 - War has commenced between the United States and Spain. Proceed at once to Philippine Islands. Commence operations at once, particularly against the Spanish fleet. You must capture vessels or destroy. Use utmost endeavors.
Page 224 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result, but the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 94 - The Philippines stand upon a different basis It is none the less true, however, that, without any ongmal thought of complete or even partial acquisition, the presence and success of our arms at Manila imposes upon us obligations which we cannot disregard. The march of events rules and overrules human action.
Page 170 - Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Page 367 - Isolation is no longer possible or desirable. The same important news is read, though in different languages, the same day in all Christendom. The telegraph keeps us advised of what is occurring everywhere, and the press foreshadows, with more or less accuracy, the plans and purposes of the nations.
Page 72 - Upon the conclusion and signing of this protocol, hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces.