Imperial Outposts from a Strategical and Commercial Aspect: With Special Reference to the Japanese Alliance |
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... Passing on to Shanghai , the writer describes the unsatisfactory condition of affairs in this , the largest of all the Treaty Ports of China , with its 11,000 Europeans dwelling in the midst of an enormous Chinese population of 600,000 ...
... Passing on to Shanghai , the writer describes the unsatisfactory condition of affairs in this , the largest of all the Treaty Ports of China , with its 11,000 Europeans dwelling in the midst of an enormous Chinese population of 600,000 ...
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... passing through the Straits of Gibraltar , and immediately despatched frigates to warn Nelson at Palermo and Keith at Cadiz . On a critical occasion in 1805 , two hours after Admiral Villeneuve had passed Gibraltar en route for the West ...
... passing through the Straits of Gibraltar , and immediately despatched frigates to warn Nelson at Palermo and Keith at Cadiz . On a critical occasion in 1805 , two hours after Admiral Villeneuve had passed Gibraltar en route for the West ...
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... passing stations were constructed 820 yards in length , at intervals of three miles , with a bottom width of 150 feet . At this time , also , the depth of the channel was increased all along to 29 feet , and in 1902 ships drawing 26 ...
... passing stations were constructed 820 yards in length , at intervals of three miles , with a bottom width of 150 feet . At this time , also , the depth of the channel was increased all along to 29 feet , and in 1902 ships drawing 26 ...
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... passing stations . Tying up in a passing station means the loss of at least an hour . It has been estimated that the cost of the proposed extension would not exceed £ 1,000,000- a capital expenditure which could not fail to be ...
... passing stations . Tying up in a passing station means the loss of at least an hour . It has been estimated that the cost of the proposed extension would not exceed £ 1,000,000- a capital expenditure which could not fail to be ...
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... passing through the Suez Canal . Sydney is 541 miles , Yokohama 1,605 miles , and Shanghai 3,367 miles nearer England by the Suez than by the Panama route . If a free passage through the Panama Canal were granted to vessels coming from ...
... passing through the Suez Canal . Sydney is 541 miles , Yokohama 1,605 miles , and Shanghai 3,367 miles nearer England by the Suez than by the Panama route . If a free passage through the Panama Canal were granted to vessels coming from ...
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Page 5 - Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away ; Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay ; Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay ; In the dimmest North-East distance dawned Gibraltar grand and gray; " Here and here did England help me : how can I help England...
Page 197 - The Powers shall not keep any vessel of war in the waters of the canal (including Lake Timsah and the Bitter Lakes). Nevertheless, they may station vessels of war in the ports of access of Port Said and Suez, the number of which shall not exceed two for each Power. This right shall not be exercised by belligerents.
Page 194 - His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia etc. and Apostolic King of Hungary...
Page 189 - Le canal maritime de Suez sera toujours libre et ouvert, en temps de guerre comme en temps de paix, à tout navire de commerce ou de guerre, sans distinction de pavillon. En conséquence, les Hautes Parties contractantes conviennent de ne porter aucune atteinte au libre usage du canal, en temps de guerre comme en temps de paix. Le canal ne sera jamais assujetti à l'exercice du droit de blocus.
Page 196 - ... 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay...
Page 200 - ARTICLE XVI The High Contracting Parties undertake to bring the present Treaty to the knowledge of the States which have not signed it, inviting them to accede to it. ARTICLE XVII The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Constantinople within the space of one month, or sooner if possible. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed to it the seal of their arms. Done at Constantinople the 29th day of the...
Page 188 - Ottomans, voulant consacrer, par un acte conventionnel, l'établissement d'un régime définitif, destiné à garantir, en tout temps et à toutes les Puissances, le libre usage du Canal Maritime de Suez et compléter ainsi le régime sous lequel la navigation par ce Canal a été placée, par le Firman de Sa Majesté Impériale le Sultan, en date du 22 Février 1866 (2 Zilkadé, 1282), sanctionnant les Concessions de Son Altesse le Khédive...
Page 195 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 199 - The measures which shall be taken in the cases provided for by Articles IX and X of the present Treaty shall not interfere with the free use of the Canal.
Page 188 - Majesté le roi d'Espagne, le président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, le président de la République française, Sa Majesté la reine du Royaume-Uni de la GrandeBretagne et d'Irlande, impératrice des Indes, Sa Majesté le roi d'Italie, Sa Majesté le roi des...