 In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable of keeping order on the Isthmus. Only the active interference of the United States has enabled her to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. Had it not...  Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose - Page 108by Willis John Abbot - 1913 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1904 - 924 pages
...for nearly a year. In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be iitterly incapable of keeping order on the Isthmus. Only the...interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long ago. In 1856, in 1860, in 1873, in 1885, in 1901, and again in 1902, sailors and marines... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1904 - 886 pages
...Panama since 1850 — fifty-three in fifty-three years, and adds : " In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. . . . The control, in the interest of the commerce and traffic of the whole civilised world, of the... | |
 | History - 1904 - 718 pages
...Panama since 1850 — fifty-three in fifty-three years, and adds : " In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. . . . The control, in the interest of the commerce and traffic of the whole civilised world, of the... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - Great events by famous historians - 1905 - 432 pages
...since 1850 — fifty-three in fifty-three years — and added: "In short, the experience of more than half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. . . . The control, in the interest of commerce and traffic of the whole civilized world, of the means... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - International law - 1906 - 1080 pages
...nearly three years before it was quelled; another for nearly a year. In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long ago. In 1856, in 1860, in 1873, in 1885, in 1901, and again in 1902, sailors and marines... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - International law - 1906 - 1044 pages
...nearly three years before it was quelled; another for nearly a year. In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long ago. In 1856, in 1860, in 1873, in 1885, in 1901, and again in 1902, sailors and marines... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - International law - 1906 - 1018 pages
...nearly three years before it was quelled ; another for nearly a year. In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...Only the active interference of the United States lias enabled her to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. Had it not been for the exercise... | |
 | George Washington Crichfield - Latin America - 1908 - 580 pages
...nearly three years before it was quelled ; another for nearly a year. In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long ago. In 1856, in 1860, in 1873, in 1885, in 1901, and again in 1902, sailors and marines... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1908 - 926 pages
...nearly three years before it was quelled; another for nearly a year. In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable...interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long ago. In 1856, in 1860, in 1873, in 1885, in 1901, and again in 1902, sailors and marines... | |
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