Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 - United States |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vii
... reason of the late military operations of Chile in Peru and Bolivia are the subject of negotiation for a claims convention with Chile , providing for their submission to arbitration . The harmony of our relations with China is fully ...
... reason of the late military operations of Chile in Peru and Bolivia are the subject of negotiation for a claims convention with Chile , providing for their submission to arbitration . The harmony of our relations with China is fully ...
Page x
... reason of an ap- parent tendency on the part of the Imperial Government to extend the scope of the residential restrictions to which returning naturalized cit- izens of German origin are asserted to be liable under the laws of the ...
... reason of an ap- parent tendency on the part of the Imperial Government to extend the scope of the residential restrictions to which returning naturalized cit- izens of German origin are asserted to be liable under the laws of the ...
Page xii
... reason of the exceptional treatment of an American citizen , Mr. Van Bokkelen , a resident of Port - au - Prince , who , on suit by creditors residing in the United States , was sentenced to imprisonment , and , under the opera- tion of ...
... reason of the exceptional treatment of an American citizen , Mr. Van Bokkelen , a resident of Port - au - Prince , who , on suit by creditors residing in the United States , was sentenced to imprisonment , and , under the opera- tion of ...
Page xxii
... reason that the nearer the period approaches when it will be obliged to offer silver in payment of its obligations , the greater inducement there will be to hoard gold against depreciation in the value of silver , or for the purpose of ...
... reason that the nearer the period approaches when it will be obliged to offer silver in payment of its obligations , the greater inducement there will be to hoard gold against depreciation in the value of silver , or for the purpose of ...
Page xxx
... reason of his failure in business , being unable to complete the other three vessels , they were taken possession of by the Government in their unfinished state under a clause in the contract permitting such a course , and are now in ...
... reason of his failure in business , being unable to complete the other three vessels , they were taken possession of by the Government in their unfinished state under a clause in the contract permitting such a course , and are now in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.