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... Panama . The viceroy of Peru was to take care to have the plate at Panama by the middle of March . At Porto Bello it was taken aboard the galleons . About the middle of June the galleons met the fleet from New Spain at Havana , and from ...
... Panama . The viceroy of Peru was to take care to have the plate at Panama by the middle of March . At Porto Bello it was taken aboard the galleons . About the middle of June the galleons met the fleet from New Spain at Havana , and from ...
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... Panama , and there re - ship them to Peru . Either Englishmen or Spaniards could be employed in the business , provided that there were not more than four or six Englishmen in any port , and that these should be amenable to the laws in ...
... Panama , and there re - ship them to Peru . Either Englishmen or Spaniards could be employed in the business , provided that there were not more than four or six Englishmen in any port , and that these should be amenable to the laws in ...
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... Panama , but his plans for the union of South America in one republic failed . San Martin's idea finally triumphed . In 1829 Venezuela separated itself from Colombia and passed a decree of perpetual banishment against Bolivar . In April ...
... Panama , but his plans for the union of South America in one republic failed . San Martin's idea finally triumphed . In 1829 Venezuela separated itself from Colombia and passed a decree of perpetual banishment against Bolivar . In April ...
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... Panama in 1826. This debate occupied the attention of Congress during the winter and spring of 1826 , and was engaged in with great earnestness . One of the chief objections to the pro- posed mission was the fact that the question of ...
... Panama in 1826. This debate occupied the attention of Congress during the winter and spring of 1826 , and was engaged in with great earnestness . One of the chief objections to the pro- posed mission was the fact that the question of ...
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... two years , when the control of the government was again re- stored to the people of the island and the American troops were withdrawn . CHAPTER IV THE DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL THE 143 THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.
... two years , when the control of the government was again re- stored to the people of the island and the American troops were withdrawn . CHAPTER IV THE DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL THE 143 THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.
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Page 130 - sovereignty; second, the cession of Porto Rico and one of the Ladrones by way of indemnity; and third, the occupation by the United States of " the city, bay and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.
Page 132 - When the United States demanded the withdrawal of Spain from Cuba, it was with the declaration that " The United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 325 - clause: Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe Doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. This clause
Page 132 - intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 100 - burning house of his neighbor if there were no other means of preventing the flames from destroying his own home. The report also recommended that all proceedings in reference to the negotiations with Spain " ought to be open, frank, and public." This recommendation, together with the general character of the report,
Page 124 - has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations, which we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge. The
Page 222 - to cultivate sincere friendship with France. Second, that this policy would be brought into imminent jeopardy, unless France could deem it consistent with her interest and honor to desist from the prosecution of armed intervention in Mexico, to overthrow the domestic republican government existing there, and to establish upon its ruins the foreign monarchy which
Page 160 - terms with the citizens of Nicaragua, and the United States agreed to extend its protection to all such routes of communication, and " to guarantee the neutrality and innocent use of the same." The United States further agreed to employ its influence with other nations to induce them to guarantee such neutrality and protection.
Page 89 - 1849, President Taylor issued a proclamation warning all citizens of the United States against taking part in such expedition and saying, " No such persons must expect the interference of this government in any form on their behalf, no matter to what extremities they may be reduced in consequence of their conduct.
Page 294 - to all the independent countries of North and South America an earnest invitation to participate in a general congress, to be held in the city of Washington on the 24th day of November, 1882, for the purpose of considering and discussing the methods of preventing war between the nations of America.