The Chronicles of America Series: Rise to world powerYale University Press, 1919 |
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... victory . In 1856 Great Britain agreed to withdraw her protectorate over the Mosquitoes , to acknowledge the suprem- acy of Honduras over the Bay Islands , and to accept a reasonable interpretation of the Belize boundary . Though 30 THE ...
... victory . In 1856 Great Britain agreed to withdraw her protectorate over the Mosquitoes , to acknowledge the suprem- acy of Honduras over the Bay Islands , and to accept a reasonable interpretation of the Belize boundary . Though 30 THE ...
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... victory at the expense of bad feeling . He was shrewd , practical - maliciously practical , many thought . When , in the heat of one of his perorations , a flash of his hidden fires would arouse the distrust of the conservative , he ...
... victory at the expense of bad feeling . He was shrewd , practical - maliciously practical , many thought . When , in the heat of one of his perorations , a flash of his hidden fires would arouse the distrust of the conservative , he ...
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... victory must have brought him a bitter disappointment , while at the same time the careless and indiscreet remark of an Amer- ican official to certain Germans " We don't want the Philippines ; why don't you take them ? " - may well have ...
... victory must have brought him a bitter disappointment , while at the same time the careless and indiscreet remark of an Amer- ican official to certain Germans " We don't want the Philippines ; why don't you take them ? " - may well have ...
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... and , more- over , let it be clearly known that , in the event of hostilities , the British vessels would take their stand with the Americans . CHAPTER IX THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA WHILE the first victory 130 THE PATH OF EMPIRE.
... and , more- over , let it be clearly known that , in the event of hostilities , the British vessels would take their stand with the Americans . CHAPTER IX THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA WHILE the first victory 130 THE PATH OF EMPIRE.
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CHAPTER IX THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA WHILE the first victory of the war was in the Far East and the possibility of events of world - wide significance hung upon the level - headedness of Commodore Dewey at Manila , it was realized that the ...
CHAPTER IX THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA WHILE the first victory of the war was in the Far East and the possibility of events of world - wide significance hung upon the level - headedness of Commodore Dewey at Manila , it was realized that the ...
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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.