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... South Africa are not presented in the detail which would be appropriate to a work of more general character . In all of the discussions which follow , it should be remembered that the facilities for properly administering a government ...
... South Africa are not presented in the detail which would be appropriate to a work of more general character . In all of the discussions which follow , it should be remembered that the facilities for properly administering a government ...
Page 1201
... South America except Brazil , all of Central America , a considerable share of the North American continent , and the most valuable of the West India islands , is scarcely represented upon the colonial map of the year 1900 ; that ...
... South America except Brazil , all of Central America , a considerable share of the North American continent , and the most valuable of the West India islands , is scarcely represented upon the colonial map of the year 1900 ; that ...
Page 1210
... south of France . But there came foreigners from the West , who made themselves masters of the country . They wished to profit by the fertility of the soil , and ordered the native to devote a part of his time and labor to the ...
... south of France . But there came foreigners from the West , who made themselves masters of the country . They wished to profit by the fertility of the soil , and ordered the native to devote a part of his time and labor to the ...
Page 1211
... South Africa . The old tropical colonies , as , for example , those of the West Indies , appear to the eyes of some observers to have exhausted their vitality and entered upon a period of decline . There are , however , new fields open ...
... South Africa . The old tropical colonies , as , for example , those of the West Indies , appear to the eyes of some observers to have exhausted their vitality and entered upon a period of decline . There are , however , new fields open ...
Page 1212
... South Africa ; in Australasia , Fiji and British New Guinea , besides that Western Australia , to which responsible government is immediately to be given , and in Asia , Ceylon , the Straits Settlements , Labuan , and Hongkong . If even ...
... South Africa ; in Australasia , Fiji and British New Guinea , besides that Western Australia , to which responsible government is immediately to be given , and in Asia , Ceylon , the Straits Settlements , Labuan , and Hongkong . If even ...
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Page 1491 - That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island.
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Page 1491 - States to carry these resolutions into effect,' the President is hereby authorized to leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people so soon as a government shall have been established in said island under a constitution, which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba substantially as follows: "1.
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Page 1491 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
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