The Americans in PanamaStatler, 1912 - Počet stran: 258 |
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Strana 10
... Secretary of War Taft , but , by 1906 , the latter was ready to acknowledge his mistake . Col. Gorgas is a Southern man , a native of Alabama , and so natu- rally quiet and reserved in demeanor and deportment Copyright by Harris & Ewing ...
... Secretary of War Taft , but , by 1906 , the latter was ready to acknowledge his mistake . Col. Gorgas is a Southern man , a native of Alabama , and so natu- rally quiet and reserved in demeanor and deportment Copyright by Harris & Ewing ...
Strana 30
... Secretary of State in 1825 and as Senator in 1835 , was interested farsightedly in plans for speed- ier communication at the Isthmus between the two oceans . The independence of Panama from Spain by a bloodless revolution in 1821 had ...
... Secretary of State in 1825 and as Senator in 1835 , was interested farsightedly in plans for speed- ier communication at the Isthmus between the two oceans . The independence of Panama from Spain by a bloodless revolution in 1821 had ...
Strana 36
... Secretary of War cut down the amount of commercial business the road should handle so that canal shipments might have uninterrupted right of way . Doubtless mahogany , ebony and other rare hard woods have not been used in cutting ties ...
... Secretary of War cut down the amount of commercial business the road should handle so that canal shipments might have uninterrupted right of way . Doubtless mahogany , ebony and other rare hard woods have not been used in cutting ties ...
Strana 47
... Secretary of the Navy Welles to supply it with information as to the feasi- bility of a canal through the Darien region of Pan- ama . Admiral Charles H. Davis a year later re- ported adversely to this route which , although the ...
... Secretary of the Navy Welles to supply it with information as to the feasi- bility of a canal through the Darien region of Pan- ama . Admiral Charles H. Davis a year later re- ported adversely to this route which , although the ...
Strana 53
... Secretary of State John Hay and the Minister from Colombia , Jose V. Concha , immediately began corresponding over the granting of a strip of territory in Panama for the prosecution of the enterprise , with William Nelson Cromwell in ...
... Secretary of State John Hay and the Minister from Colombia , Jose V. Concha , immediately began corresponding over the granting of a strip of territory in Panama for the prosecution of the enterprise , with William Nelson Cromwell in ...
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Strana 221 - If the Republic of Panama shall hereafter enter as a constituent into any other Government or into any union or confederation of states, so as to merge her sovereignty or independence in such Government, union or confederation, the rights of the United States under this convention shall not be in any respect lessened or impaired.
Strana 41 - I am positive that the determined attitude of our men, their coolness and evident intention of standing their ground, had a most salutary and decisive effect on the immediate situation, and was the initial step in the ultimate abandoning of Colon by these troops and their return to Cartagena the following day.
Strana 196 - I shall see if it is not possible to provide for some little memorial, some mark, some badge, which' will always distinguish the man who for a certain space of time has done his work well on this isthmus, just as the button of the Grand Army distinguishes the man who did his work well in the Civil War.
Strana 46 - I pass by the question as to what assurance we have that they would now keep their pledge and not again refuse to ratify the treaty if they had the power; for, of course, I will not for one moment discuss the possibility of the United States committing an act of such baseness as to abandon the new Republic of Panama.
Strana 42 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a...
Strana 85 - A collision has its good points as well as its bad ones — it indicates there is something moving on the railroad.
Strana 78 - Theodore P. Shonts, Chairman, Charles E. Magoon, Governor of the Canal Zone, John F. Wallace, Chief Engineer, Mordecai T. Endicott, Peter C. Hains, Oswald H. Ernst, Benjamin M. Harrod.
Strana 229 - What shall it profit a Nation if it gain the whole world and lose its own Soul ? What shall a Nation give in exchange for its Soul ? " Better hardship and freedom, than luxury and thraldom.
Strana 90 - And as the gift of prophecy is withheld from us in these latter days, all we can do now is to make such arrangements as may look proper as far ahead as we can see.
Strana 117 - The whole question was gone over again early in 1909 by a board of engineers appointed by the President for the purpose of determining whether or not a change in plans should be made. The board consisted of Frederick P. Stearns, Arthur P. Davis, Henry A. Allen, James D. Schuyler, Isham Randolph. John R. Freeman, and Allen Hazen. Notwithstanding the stress that was laid upon the assertion that...