The Chronicles of America Series: Rise to world powerYale University Press, 1919 |
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66 averse to becoming a partner with England . Such coöperation might well prove in time to be an entangling alliance , " involving the United States in problems of no immediate concern to its people and certainly in a partnership in ...
66 averse to becoming a partner with England . Such coöperation might well prove in time to be an entangling alliance , " involving the United States in problems of no immediate concern to its people and certainly in a partnership in ...
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... proved to be an enduring definition of policy , be- cause for many years there was a real institutional difference between the American hemisphere and the rest of the world and because oceanic bounda- ries were the most substantial that ...
... proved to be an enduring definition of policy , be- cause for many years there was a real institutional difference between the American hemisphere and the rest of the world and because oceanic bounda- ries were the most substantial that ...
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... Neither of these negotiators was of the caliber of Webster and Ashburton , and the treaty which they drew up proved rather a Pandora's box of future difficulties than a satisfactory settlement . In the first place it 28 THE PATH OF EMPIRE.
... Neither of these negotiators was of the caliber of Webster and Ashburton , and the treaty which they drew up proved rather a Pandora's box of future difficulties than a satisfactory settlement . In the first place it 28 THE PATH OF EMPIRE.
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... proved fully equal to the gravity of their task . Charles Francis Adams was appointed to represent the United States ; Sir Alexander Cockburn , to represent Great Britain ; the commissioners from neutral States were also men of ...
... proved fully equal to the gravity of their task . Charles Francis Adams was appointed to represent the United States ; Sir Alexander Cockburn , to represent Great Britain ; the commissioners from neutral States were also men of ...
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... prove a loadstone which would bring under the flag all peoples of the New World , while those of the Old World would strike off their shackles and remold their govern- ments on the American pattern . Attraction , not compulsion , was ...
... prove a loadstone which would bring under the flag all peoples of the New World , while those of the Old World would strike off their shackles and remold their govern- ments on the American pattern . Attraction , not compulsion , was ...
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Administration Admiral affairs Allies Amer American troops arbitration army aroused attack Austria-Hungary Blaine Britain British canal China claims Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Clemenceau coast Colonel House command Commission Congress coöperation Council Covenant Cuba Cuban declared defense delegates demanded dent Dewey diplomacy diplomatic effect Elihu Root enemy Europe European powers fact favor fighting fleet force foreign Fourteen Points France French gave German Government harbor ican ideals important insisted insurgents interest islands Japan justice labor leaders League of Nations Lloyd George Manila ment military Monroe Doctrine months munitions naval navy negotiations neutral officers organization Pacific Paris Peace Conference Pershing Philippines plans political popular ports position practical prepared President Wilson principles problem proved public opinion railroad realized refused Republican result Roosevelt Russia Santiago seas Secretary secure seemed Senate ships Spain Spanish Spanish American War squadron submarine territory tion treaty United Venezuela vessels victory vote
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Страница 113 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Страница 266 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Страница 237 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political Independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
Страница 209 - There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man : there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause each one of us must fight on to the end. The safety of our homes and the Freedom of mankind alike depend upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment.
Страница 112 - Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles.
Страница 291 - It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends.
Страница 112 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.
Страница 36 - A neutral government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace...
Страница 229 - We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war.
Страница 238 - I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.