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... means that on every one of them the water - line belt was submerged . - - The figures given by the Scientific American , therefore , do not represent the state of things as it actually exists in the fleet . They represent merely the ...
... means that on every one of them the water - line belt was submerged . - - The figures given by the Scientific American , therefore , do not represent the state of things as it actually exists in the fleet . They represent merely the ...
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... means to the finances of a country , we find it easy to believe that Japan , with the huge foreign debt that she brought out of her victories . over Russia , is even now on the verge of a struggle with the richest nation in the world ...
... means to the finances of a country , we find it easy to believe that Japan , with the huge foreign debt that she brought out of her victories . over Russia , is even now on the verge of a struggle with the richest nation in the world ...
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... means fantastic , but Great Britain's method of thus using South American States as catspaws evokes much indigna- tion here . One result of the affair will doubtless be a renewal of the Navy League agitation for even more extensive ...
... means fantastic , but Great Britain's method of thus using South American States as catspaws evokes much indigna- tion here . One result of the affair will doubtless be a renewal of the Navy League agitation for even more extensive ...
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... means that at least four more battleships than have heretofore been authorized by the Reichstag will be laid down between 1908 and 1912 , and that two battleships instead of one may have to be laid down in each of the four years ending ...
... means that at least four more battleships than have heretofore been authorized by the Reichstag will be laid down between 1908 and 1912 , and that two battleships instead of one may have to be laid down in each of the four years ending ...
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... means that France must " pay the piper " if the Republic deliberately refrains from investing in naval insurance against national danger . The Chamber of Deputies has seemingly acted upon the theory that the results of The Hague ...
... means that France must " pay the piper " if the Republic deliberately refrains from investing in naval insurance against national danger . The Chamber of Deputies has seemingly acted upon the theory that the results of The Hague ...
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Página 7 - If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
Página 7 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Página 17 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Página 17 - A prize may only be brought into a neutral port on account of unseaworthiness, stress of weather, or want of fuel or provisions. It must leave as soon as the circumstances which justified its entry are at an end. If it does not, the neutral Power must order it to leave at once ; should it fail to obey, the neutral Power must employ the means at its disposal to release it with its officers and crew and to intern the prize crew.
Página 28 - The contracting Powers agree to prohibit, for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference, the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature.
Página 16 - Belligerents are forbidden to use neutral ports and waters as a base of naval operations against their adversaries, and in particular to erect wireless telegraphy stations or any apparatus for the purpose of communicating with the belligerent forces on land or sea.
Página 16 - In the absence of special provisions to the contrary in the legislation of a neutral Power, the maximum number of war-ships belonging to a belligerent which may be in one of the ports or roadsteads of that Power simultaneously shall be three.
Página 26 - ... have been communicated to the belligerent Powers at the commencement or during the course of hostilities and in any case before they are employed, shall be respected and cannot be captured while hostilities last.
Página 35 - That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to reduce the pay or allowances now authorized by law for any officer or enlisted man of the Army; and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.