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... territory , and laid it before the Senate . Pending the action of that body thereon , I withdrew the treaty for re - examination . Attentive consideration of its provisions leads me to withhold it from resubmission to the Senate ...
... territory , and laid it before the Senate . Pending the action of that body thereon , I withdrew the treaty for re - examination . Attentive consideration of its provisions leads me to withhold it from resubmission to the Senate ...
Page vi
... territory , when coupled with absolute and unlimited engagements to defend the territorial integrity of the state where such interests lie . While the general project of connecting the two oceans by means of a canal is to be encouraged ...
... territory , when coupled with absolute and unlimited engagements to defend the territorial integrity of the state where such interests lie . While the general project of connecting the two oceans by means of a canal is to be encouraged ...
Page vii
... territory and uniting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans , has been accompanied by results of a most interesting ... Territory , where numbers of unoffend- ing Chinamen , indisputably within the protection of the treaties and the law ...
... territory and uniting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans , has been accompanied by results of a most interesting ... Territory , where numbers of unoffend- ing Chinamen , indisputably within the protection of the treaties and the law ...
Page xi
... territory the line is supposed to traverse , admonishes that the time has come when an accurate knowledge of the boundary is needful to avert jurisdictional complications . I recommend , therefore , that provision be made for a ...
... territory the line is supposed to traverse , admonishes that the time has come when an accurate knowledge of the boundary is needful to avert jurisdictional complications . I recommend , therefore , that provision be made for a ...
Page xiii
... territory of Mexico at Tehuan- tepec . With the gradual recovery of Peru from the effects of her late disas- trous conflict with Chile and with the restoration of civil authority in that distracted country , it is hoped that pending war ...
... territory of Mexico at Tehuan- tepec . With the gradual recovery of Peru from the effects of her late disas- trous conflict with Chile and with the restoration of civil authority in that distracted country , it is hoped that pending war ...
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acknowledge the receipt action American citizen April arrest Austria-Hungary authorities Bailunda Barranquilla Barrios Becerra C. A. Van Bokkelen Cáceres Central America certificate Chargé d'Affaires China Chinese citizenship claim coast Colombia communication Congo consul copy Corea court December declared decree Department diplomatic dispatch duty ernment excellency fact favor February Feinknopf force foreign affairs foreign office France Frelinghuysen German Guatemala Harry Rice Hayti Haytian herewith Honduras honor imprisonment inclosed Inclosure instant instructions insurgents Japanese JOHN MERCER LANGSTON June June 26 justice Keiley King Langston LEGATION letter Majesty Majesty's Government March ment military minister for foreign missionaries montoneros native neutrality Nicaragua Panama passport peace persons Port-au-Prince ports present President protection received referred regard reply Republic request Salvador Secretary sent Seoul steamer T. F. BAYARD telegram territory tion treaty troops ultimo undersigned United vessels Washington
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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.