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Page viii
... Congo has been followed by formal recognition of the new nationality which suc- ceeds to its sovereign powers . A conference of delegates of the principal commercial nations was held at Berlin last winter to discuss methods whereby the ...
... Congo has been followed by formal recognition of the new nationality which suc- ceeds to its sovereign powers . A conference of delegates of the principal commercial nations was held at Berlin last winter to discuss methods whereby the ...
Page ix
... Congo would be an alliance whose responsibilities we are not in a position to assume , I abstain from asking the sanction of the Senate to that general act . The correspondence will be laid before you , and the instructive and ...
... Congo would be an alliance whose responsibilities we are not in a position to assume , I abstain from asking the sanction of the Senate to that general act . The correspondence will be laid before you , and the instructive and ...
Page lii
... Congo . Independent State of : Assumption by King Leopold of title of sovereign of , and ap- pointment of Edmund van Eetvelde as adminis trator - general of foreign affairs ; the relation of King personal and not connected with Belgium ...
... Congo . Independent State of : Assumption by King Leopold of title of sovereign of , and ap- pointment of Edmund van Eetvelde as adminis trator - general of foreign affairs ; the relation of King personal and not connected with Belgium ...
Page liii
... Congo Conference ; United States delegates at Congo conference signed the general act without plenipotentiary powers , and United States not bound by that instrument ; letter of President to King Leopold and of Mr. Bayard to ...
... Congo Conference ; United States delegates at Congo conference signed the general act without plenipotentiary powers , and United States not bound by that instrument ; letter of President to King Leopold and of Mr. Bayard to ...
Page lxvi
... Congo and American products likely to find a market ; declaration by Congo Associa tion announcing its establishment inclosed . Trade and philanthropic possibilities in the Congo : Establishing of the International As- sociation of the ...
... Congo and American products likely to find a market ; declaration by Congo Associa tion announcing its establishment inclosed . Trade and philanthropic possibilities in the Congo : Establishing of the International As- sociation of the ...
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Page 387 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 405 - They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce.
Page 395 - all naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign countries are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born citizens.
Page 466 - States fishermen by the above-mentioned convention of October 20, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American Colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty...
Page 508 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves, or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at...
Page 23 - ... within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 653 - If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any particular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation, when the grant is conditional.
Page 258 - Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 466 - OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a treaty between the United States of America and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 398 - All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth, citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States ; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.