The Chronicles of America Series: The path of empireYale University Press, 1919 |
Términos y frases comunes
Admiral affairs agreement Aguinaldo Alaska Amer Ameri annexation April arbitration army Bering Sea Blaine Blaine's blockade boundary Britain British campaign canal Caribbean Cervera China Civil claims Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Cleveland coast Colombia colonial command Commodore Congress coöperation Cuba Cuban Dewey diplomacy diplomatic disputes Elihu Root England Europe European powers fact fighting Filipinos force foreign Funston gave George Dewey German harbor ican immediate independence insurgents interest islands isthmus Japan John Quincy Adams land Manila Manila Bay McKinley ment Mexico miles military Minister Monroe Doctrine nations natives naval Navy negotiations Nicaragua officers Pacific Panama peace Philippines political port Porto Rico position possessed President protection public opinion railroad realized recognized republic revolution Roosevelt Russia Sampson San Juan Santiago Schley Secretary securing Senate sentiment Seward Shafter ships Spain Spaniards Spanish American War Spanish fleet Spanish Government squadron territory tion treaty troops United Venezuela victory Webster
Pasajes populares
Página 28 - A neutral government is bound — 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...
Página 170 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Página 252 - 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.
Página 182 - ... an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filipinos, FIRST, A STABLE FORM OF GOVERNMENT; SECOND, INDEPENDENCE; AND THIRD, PROTECTION FROM OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE SUCH AS HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR NEARLY A CENTURY TO THE REPUBLICS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
Página 93 - We watch with deep and abiding Interest the heroic battle of the Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression, and our best hopes go out for th.e full success of their determined contest for liberty. The Government of Spain having lost control of Cuba and being unable to protect the property or lives of resident American citizens...
Página 220 - 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.
Página 8 - 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 any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally Impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Página 236 - 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.
Página 173 - Take up the White Man's burden — Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild — Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the White Man's Burden...
Página 226 - The conditions of the loan seem to us to touch nearly the administrative independence of China itself; and this administration does not feel that it ought, even by implication, to be a party to those conditions." The former American policy of non-interference was therefore renewed, but it still remained uncertain whether the entrance of the United States into Far Eastern politics would do more than serve to delay the European dominance which seemed to be impending in 1898. CHAPTER XV THE PANAMA CANAL...