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... tion . The questions presented to the United States by this rejection were of the gravest importance . Lewis Cass , Secretary of State , said in 1858 : The progress of events has rendered the interoceanic route across the narrow por tion ...
... tion . The questions presented to the United States by this rejection were of the gravest importance . Lewis Cass , Secretary of State , said in 1858 : The progress of events has rendered the interoceanic route across the narrow por tion ...
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... tion of the transfer ; as tending not only to general efficiency , but to increased aptitude in the administrative processes involved . To this , in my judgment , should be added a prac- tical recognition that the Caribbean Sea and ...
... tion of the transfer ; as tending not only to general efficiency , but to increased aptitude in the administrative processes involved . To this , in my judgment , should be added a prac- tical recognition that the Caribbean Sea and ...
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... tion adequate for the particular purpose ; because , so dis- tributed , actual junction could be effected speedily enough . " Supporting distance " is the technical expression . So a fleet may be safely dispersed among navy - yards ...
... tion adequate for the particular purpose ; because , so dis- tributed , actual junction could be effected speedily enough . " Supporting distance " is the technical expression . So a fleet may be safely dispersed among navy - yards ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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