The United States and Foreign PowersThe author presents a narrative of the major diplomatic incidents in the history of the United States from its beginning to 1892. |
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... citizens who are supposed to have influence with the executive . These papers are filed at the Department of State and are there classified and briefed . When the President takes up the subject of appointments , the secretary of state ...
... citizens who are supposed to have influence with the executive . These papers are filed at the Department of State and are there classified and briefed . When the President takes up the subject of appointments , the secretary of state ...
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... citizens , which are generally established by treaties . This is especially true of ministers of the United States in countries that have furnished a share of the immigrants that make up so large a proportion of our population . These ...
... citizens , which are generally established by treaties . This is especially true of ministers of the United States in countries that have furnished a share of the immigrants that make up so large a proportion of our population . These ...
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... citizens who visit the country in which he is residing . They want to be presented at court or obtain admission to public and private places of interest , and they even ask him to recommend tailors for themselves and dressmakers for ...
... citizens who visit the country in which he is residing . They want to be presented at court or obtain admission to public and private places of interest , and they even ask him to recommend tailors for themselves and dressmakers for ...
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... citizens of their own country ; and to ta charge of the property of those who die . They are giv police jurisdiction over the merchant marine of the Unit States , and have power to decide disputes between shipmaste and members of their ...
... citizens of their own country ; and to ta charge of the property of those who die . They are giv police jurisdiction over the merchant marine of the Unit States , and have power to decide disputes between shipmaste and members of their ...
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... citizens of Spanish birth were compelled to pay heavy tribute to the crown and to the church . But the growth of population made this form of government unwieldy , and the exclusive policy bred discontent . In 1740 therefore , a ...
... citizens of Spanish birth were compelled to pay heavy tribute to the crown and to the church . But the growth of population made this form of government unwieldy , and the exclusive policy bred discontent . In 1740 therefore , a ...
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Page 263 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 98 - ... traffic thereupon than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of as just and equitable; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms, shall also be open on like terms to the citizens and subjects of every other State which is willing to grant thereto such protection as the United States and Great Britain engage to afford.
Page 97 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 165 - ... and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish : provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen...
Page 94 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 98 - ... to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 114 - Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coast line of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States. No other great power would under similar circumstances fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 164 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 103 - Mexico; and that they therefore think fit to declare that it does not accord with the policy of the United States to acknowledge any monarchical government, erected on the ruins of any republican government in America, under the auspices of any European power.
Page 52 - The United States have not certainly the right, and ought never to feel the inclination, to dictate to others who may differ with them upon this subject; nor do the committee see the expediency of insulting other states with whom we are maintaining relations of perfect amity by ascending the moral chair and proclaiming from thence mere abstract principles, of the rectitude of which each nation enjoys the perfect right of deciding for itself.