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... ment . The Austro - Hungarian Government finally decided not to re- ceive Mr. Keiley as the envoy of the United States , and that gentleman has since resigned his commission , leaving the post vacant . I have made no new nomination ...
... ment . The Austro - Hungarian Government finally decided not to re- ceive Mr. Keiley as the envoy of the United States , and that gentleman has since resigned his commission , leaving the post vacant . I have made no new nomination ...
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... ment of the vast resources of the great area committed to our charge , and to the cultivation of the arts of peace within our own borders , though jealously alert in preventing the American hemisphere from being involved in the ...
... ment of the vast resources of the great area committed to our charge , and to the cultivation of the arts of peace within our own borders , though jealously alert in preventing the American hemisphere from being involved in the ...
Page viii
... ment of these men , and the inflexible sternness of the law in bringing the wrong - doers to justice should be insisted upon . Every effort has been made by this Government to prevent these violent outbreaks and to aid the ...
... ment of these men , and the inflexible sternness of the law in bringing the wrong - doers to justice should be insisted upon . Every effort has been made by this Government to prevent these violent outbreaks and to aid the ...
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... ment is admitted by the Porte , no inconvenience can result from the assent of this Government to the revision of the Ottoman tariffs , in which the treaty powers have been invited to join . Questions concerning our citizens in Turkey ...
... ment is admitted by the Porte , no inconvenience can result from the assent of this Government to the revision of the Ottoman tariffs , in which the treaty powers have been invited to join . Questions concerning our citizens in Turkey ...
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... ment has made a gift to the United States of commodious quarters in Bangkok . In Corea the late minister was permitted to purchase a building from the government for legation use . In China , the premises rented for the legation are ...
... ment has made a gift to the United States of commodious quarters in Bangkok . In Corea the late minister was permitted to purchase a building from the government for legation use . In China , the premises rented for the legation are ...
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acknowledge the receipt 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 naturalization neutrality Nicaragua Panama peace persons Port-au-Prince ports present President protection received referred regard reply Republic request Salvador Secretary sent Seoul steamer T. F. BAYARD telegram telegraph 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 restrictions.
Page 631 - The present Convention shall be in force for the term of ten years from the date hereof; and further, until the end of twelve months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 466 - Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 443 - 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 161 - The Christian religion, as professed by Protestants or Roman Catholics, inculcates the practice of virtue, and teaches man to do as he would be done by. Persons teaching it or professing it, therefore, shall alike be entitled to the protection of the Chinese authorities, nor shall any such, peaceably pursuing their calling, and not offending against the laws, be persecuted or interfered with.
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 nativeborn citizens.
Page 467 - XXI of this treaty, the amount of any compensation which in their opinion ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII of this treaty; and that any sum of money which the said commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given.
Page vi - Maintaining, as I do, the tenets of a line of precedents from Washington's day, which proscribe entangling alliances with foreign states, I do not favor a policy of acquisition of new and distant territory or the incorporation of remote interests with our own.
Page 468 - ... carried under this article through the territory of the United States; and Her Majesty's Government engages to urge the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the legislatures of the other colonies not to impose any export duties on goods, wares, or...
Page 509 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.