| Edna Henry Lee Turpin - 1911 - 546 pages
...of Spanish misrule in the New World. The president sent a message, asking Congress to intervene in Cuba. " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop," he said. Two weeks later, war was formally declared against Spain,... | |
| Marguerite Stockman Dickson - 1911 - 650 pages
...country were impatient. At last, however, on April 11, he sent a message to Congress in which he said, " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." Congress at once followed the President's lead; Spain was warned that... | |
| Edwin Markham - 1911 - 538 pages
...for which Cuba can hope is that of the wilderness and the grave. The only hope of relief and repose is the enforced pacification of Cuba. In the name...in behalf of endangered American interests, which gives us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must cease!" Congress was asked... | |
| Edmond Stephen Meany - 1912 - 650 pages
...extermination. The only peace it could beget was that of the wilderness and the grave." And again : " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." He then left the matter in the hands of Congress, saying: " I have... | |
| Robert Green Hall, Harriet Smither, Clarence Ousley - 1912 - 552 pages
...our battleship led President McKinley, on April n, 1898, to state in a message to Congress, that, " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...endangered American interests which give us the right and duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." Congress passed joint resolutions, declaring: first,... | |
| Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 844 pages
...McKinley's reply was conciliatory, but the resolve he had formed was expressed in his message of 1 1 April : "In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop.* The war in Cuba had, indeed, stopped or halted. The queen regent of... | |
| 1913 - 376 pages
...disaster. In the meanwhile conditions in Cuba grew worse. McKinley, in a message to, Congress, said: "In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...in behalf of endangered American interests, which gives us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop." Congress then demanded... | |
| Arthur Cecil Perry, Gertrude A. Price - 1914 - 390 pages
...remove all her forces from the Island. President McKinley sent a special message to Congress, saying: " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." America then began war in defense of her suffering neighbor. This... | |
| Marguerite Dickson - 1915 - 402 pages
...country were impatient. At last, however, on April 11, he sent a message to Congress in which he said, " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." Congress at once followed the President's lead; Spain was warned that... | |
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