A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 15Bureau of National Literature, Incorporated, 1917 |
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Page 6417
... ports to foreign trade and settlement disturbed alike the homogeneity and the seclusion of China , Meanwhile foreign activity made itself felt in all quarters , not alone on the coast , but along the great river arteries and in the ...
... ports to foreign trade and settlement disturbed alike the homogeneity and the seclusion of China , Meanwhile foreign activity made itself felt in all quarters , not alone on the coast , but along the great river arteries and in the ...
Page 6418
... ports , was safe . No foreign inter- est was secure from spoliation . The diplomatic representatives of the powers in Peking strove in vain to check this movement . Protest was followed by demand and demand by renewed protest , to be ...
... ports , was safe . No foreign inter- est was secure from spoliation . The diplomatic representatives of the powers in Peking strove in vain to check this movement . Protest was followed by demand and demand by renewed protest , to be ...
Page 6429
... ports , shipping , or direct trade , but was only accessible through the territory of a neutral . Vexa- tious questions arose through Great Britain's action in respect to neutral cargoes , not contraband in their own nature , shipped to ...
... ports , shipping , or direct trade , but was only accessible through the territory of a neutral . Vexa- tious questions arose through Great Britain's action in respect to neutral cargoes , not contraband in their own nature , shipped to ...
Page 6471
... ports open to general commerce so that thence they may be dispatched to their destination , and steam vessels of the United States are exempted from tonnage duties in Mexican ports ; Now , therefore , I , William McKinley , President of ...
... ports open to general commerce so that thence they may be dispatched to their destination , and steam vessels of the United States are exempted from tonnage duties in Mexican ports ; Now , therefore , I , William McKinley , President of ...
Page 6472
... ports on said coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda , and the port of Cienfuegos , on the south coast of Cuba : Now , therefore , I , William McKinley , President of the United States , in order to enforce the said resolution , do ...
... ports on said coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda , and the port of Cienfuegos , on the south coast of Cuba : Now , therefore , I , William McKinley , President of the United States , in order to enforce the said resolution , do ...
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14 of Sec 20 chains 40 chains set act of Congress American Army authority canal caused the seal chains set post city of Washington civil Colombia Colon commercial corner of section corner of township Cuba Department duty east half entry EXECUTIVE MANSION Forest Reserve Government half of northwest hand and caused hereby ordered hereunto set House of Representatives Indians Isthmus Isthmus of Panama JOHN HAY Louisiana Purchase Exposition ment military Navy north half northeast corner November officers Philippine Islands Porto Rico ports post thence due President proclamation public lands purposes quarter of section Republic of Panama Secretary Secretary of War set my hand set post thence settlement ship southeast southwest quarter Territory thence northerly thence westerly THEODORE ROOSEVELT thereof tion township tract of land transmit herewith treaty United vessels Washington west half Whereas WHITE HOUSE WILLIAM MCKINLEY
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Page 6473 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and n'aval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 6472 - Third. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 6474 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 6499 - That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof...
Page 6596 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 6571 - ... government become payable to the military occupant, unless he sees fit to substitute for them other rates or modes of contribution to the expenses of the government. The moneys so collected are to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses of government under the military occupation, such as the salaries of the judges and the police, and for the payment of the expenses of the army.