Four Centuries of the Panama CanalH. Holt, 1906 - Počet stran: 461 |
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... matters , that will be because this is to be a history rather than a descriptive treatise . It is now more than a quarter of a century since I be- came , as a student of affairs and as a writer upon them , interested in the chief ...
... matters , that will be because this is to be a history rather than a descriptive treatise . It is now more than a quarter of a century since I be- came , as a student of affairs and as a writer upon them , interested in the chief ...
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... matter , the theory and the aim of Columbus's venture remain indisputable ; and they are all with which this writ- ing is concerned . in According to the old story , then , Toscanelli , a Florentine and one of the foremost geographers ...
... matter , the theory and the aim of Columbus's venture remain indisputable ; and they are all with which this writ- ing is concerned . in According to the old story , then , Toscanelli , a Florentine and one of the foremost geographers ...
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... matter of conjecture . It may have been a province of China , or China itself . It may have been the old Chinese capital of Si - Ngan , in Shen - Si , in east longi- tude 109 ° ; or Tai - Yuan , in Shan - Si , in east longitude 112 ° 30 ...
... matter of conjecture . It may have been a province of China , or China itself . It may have been the old Chinese capital of Si - Ngan , in Shen - Si , in east longi- tude 109 ° ; or Tai - Yuan , in Shan - Si , in east longitude 112 ° 30 ...
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... matter at least , an unworthy successor of Balboa and Cortez , for he showed no stomach for the undertaking and soon declared it to be quite impossible . Others were more resolute and optimistic . The historian Gomara , in his official ...
... matter at least , an unworthy successor of Balboa and Cortez , for he showed no stomach for the undertaking and soon declared it to be quite impossible . Others were more resolute and optimistic . The historian Gomara , in his official ...
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... matter and to report all possible data concerning the practicability of constructing a canal at Nicaragua . At the same time commissioners from New Granada were in Washington , asking the United States to participate in the first Pan ...
... matter and to report all possible data concerning the practicability of constructing a canal at Nicaragua . At the same time commissioners from New Granada were in Washington , asking the United States to participate in the first Pan ...
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Strana 419 - facto law shall be passed; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or of the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances; that no law shall be made respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
Strana 391 - colonise, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such
Strana 406 - and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama, thereunto specially empowered by said government, who after communicating with each other their respective full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I The United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama.
Strana 396 - Second 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. IN
Strana 419 - of a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour, and to have the assistance of counsel
Strana 212 - granted to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a strip ten miles wide and extending three nautical miles into the sea at either terminal, with all lands lying outside
Strana 391 - part of Central America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortification, or of occupying, fortifying,
Strana 397 - Fourth—No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible despatch.
Strana 412 - Hut no delay or difference of opinion under this Article or any other provisions of this treaty shall affect or interrupt the full operation and effect of this convention in all other respects. ARTICLE xv The joint commission referred to in Article VI shall be established as follows:
Strana 202 - occasion and the wants and circumstances that have arisen. Sovereignty has its duties as well as its rights, and none of these local governments, even if administered with more regard to the just demands of other nations than they have been, would be permitted in a spirit of Eastern