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... questions of policy of the last fifteen years has furnished incentive for a wide- Study of diplo spread study of our ... question . At no time in our his- tory have these problems been absent , and at no time have they failed to ...
... questions of policy of the last fifteen years has furnished incentive for a wide- Study of diplo spread study of our ... question . At no time in our his- tory have these problems been absent , and at no time have they failed to ...
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... question was whether we could remain neutral in the struggle that divided Europe . From our effort to remain so grew our positive policy of isolation , which , designed to guard our weak- ness , still governs the use of our strength ...
... question was whether we could remain neutral in the struggle that divided Europe . From our effort to remain so grew our positive policy of isolation , which , designed to guard our weak- ness , still governs the use of our strength ...
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... question.1 In America the effect of the treaty of Tordesillas was to leave Spain a free hand west of Brazil . By voyages of dis- Spanish em- covery , followed up by conquests and settle- pire ments , she speedily established a firm hold ...
... question.1 In America the effect of the treaty of Tordesillas was to leave Spain a free hand west of Brazil . By voyages of dis- Spanish em- covery , followed up by conquests and settle- pire ments , she speedily established a firm hold ...
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... question had , indeed , been one of the causes of irritation that produced the Revolution . In the event of independence , the Dutch seemed most likely to inherit the American trade . When communication between England and America was ...
... question had , indeed , been one of the causes of irritation that produced the Revolution . In the event of independence , the Dutch seemed most likely to inherit the American trade . When communication between England and America was ...
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... question of the fisheries fell to the lot of John Adams , who had special instructions on that subject from the legisla- ture of Massachusetts . Master of the facts , he succeeded in incorporating into the treaty a recognition of ...
... question of the fisheries fell to the lot of John Adams , who had special instructions on that subject from the legisla- ture of Massachusetts . Master of the facts , he succeeded in incorporating into the treaty a recognition of ...
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Page 448 - 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.
Page 212 - 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 212 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its Powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us...
Page 212 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 456 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result; but the policy of the government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese (erritorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 345 - 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 ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike...
Page 301 - Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power...
Page 392 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 462 - The policy of both governments, uninfluenced by any aggressive tendencies, is directed to the maintenance of the existing status quo in the region above mentioned and to the defense of the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China.
Page 149 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.