The American MediterraneanMoffat, Yard, 1912 - Počet stran: 488 |
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... less than $ 100 to produce , when slave labour was cheap and hard driven , a small 200- acre Barbadian plantation represented an annual income of $ 75,000 to $ 125,000 . Lands as valuable as these had many suitors , and the ownership of ...
... less than $ 100 to produce , when slave labour was cheap and hard driven , a small 200- acre Barbadian plantation represented an annual income of $ 75,000 to $ 125,000 . Lands as valuable as these had many suitors , and the ownership of ...
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... less gratitude - indeed , I counted not upon it from any quarter , but I must say it has been lavished upon me in a far greater measure than I have deserved . There is only one of these charges that I could deign to answer , and that is ...
... less gratitude - indeed , I counted not upon it from any quarter , but I must say it has been lavished upon me in a far greater measure than I have deserved . There is only one of these charges that I could deign to answer , and that is ...
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... less truly and wrongfully , many judges in the land . Many of these sentences seemed too long , many absolutely unjust , and the bitterness which they engendered doomed to failure in advance all our plans for pacification . My rôle ...
... less truly and wrongfully , many judges in the land . Many of these sentences seemed too long , many absolutely unjust , and the bitterness which they engendered doomed to failure in advance all our plans for pacification . My rôle ...
Strana 38
... less recognised and consecrated in treaty form . In the Platt Amendment there is noth- ing new , but there is set forth and described , more precisely than ever before , our attitude to the island as it was interpreted in the days of ...
... less recognised and consecrated in treaty form . In the Platt Amendment there is noth- ing new , but there is set forth and described , more precisely than ever before , our attitude to the island as it was interpreted in the days of ...
Strana 74
... less concerned with the choice of his suc- cessor than with how to get safely away from the island with the proceeds of a fraudulent emission of $ 5,000,000 worth of 5 per cent . gold bonds . These bonds he had marketed with the ...
... less concerned with the choice of his suc- cessor than with how to get safely away from the island with the proceeds of a fraudulent emission of $ 5,000,000 worth of 5 per cent . gold bonds . These bonds he had marketed with the ...
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Strana 475 - The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Strana 404 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Strana 405 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Strana 404 - That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain, by colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island.
Strana 464 - ... this treaty or by reason of the operations of the United States, its agents or employees, or by reason of the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of the works of sanitation and protection herein provided for, shall be appraised and settled by a joint Commission appointed by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Panama...
Strana 462 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Strana 465 - Panama and authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to the United States its rights, privileges, properties, and concessions, as well as the Panama Railroad and all the shares or part of the shares of that company...
Strana 461 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...
Strana 475 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Strana 404 - President is hereby authorized to "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people" so soon as a government shall have been established in said island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows: "I.