Asia at the Door: A Study of the Japanese Question in Continental United States, Hawaii and CanadaFleming H. Revell Company, 1914 - 263 páginas |
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... trade , had deliberately poisoned the leading minds of Japan by misrepresenting other Western nations . Nor can it be denied that some of these newcomers did not deserve the welcome which they expected from the Ori- entals . That their ...
... trade , had deliberately poisoned the leading minds of Japan by misrepresenting other Western nations . Nor can it be denied that some of these newcomers did not deserve the welcome which they expected from the Ori- entals . That their ...
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... trade with a backward , inefficient nation . The Orient , when brought by the intermediary of trade face to face with the Occident , had not yet awakened from a torpor of centuries . Isolation and the consequent lack of compe- tition ...
... trade with a backward , inefficient nation . The Orient , when brought by the intermediary of trade face to face with the Occident , had not yet awakened from a torpor of centuries . Isolation and the consequent lack of compe- tition ...
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... the advantage of opening direct trade with firms in Europe and America . This naturally resulted in the elimination of many of the foreign commission merchants whose methods of operation were not always honourable . 24 ASIA AT THE DOOR.
... the advantage of opening direct trade with firms in Europe and America . This naturally resulted in the elimination of many of the foreign commission merchants whose methods of operation were not always honourable . 24 ASIA AT THE DOOR.
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... trading , having ac- quired sufficient knowledge and experience in the busi- ness in which they were engaged , no longer felt the need of Western tutorage , and gradually discharged foreign advisers and employés at the termination of ...
... trading , having ac- quired sufficient knowledge and experience in the busi- ness in which they were engaged , no longer felt the need of Western tutorage , and gradually discharged foreign advisers and employés at the termination of ...
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... trade unions ? Even the dignified doctrine of James Monroe , that we should be the commanding arbiter of our own affairs and protect against the intriguing mon- archs of Europe those infant republics to the southward which had just ...
... trade unions ? Even the dignified doctrine of James Monroe , that we should be the commanding arbiter of our own affairs and protect against the intriguing mon- archs of Europe those infant republics to the southward which had just ...
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Página 88 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Página 71 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Página 269 - The Atlantic era is now at the height of its development and must soon exhaust the resources at its command. The Pacific era, destined to be the greatest of all, and to bring the whole human race at last into one great comity of nations, is just at the dawn.
Página 172 - But if you are determined that your ministers shall wantonly sport with the rights of mankind ; if neither the voice of justice, the dictates of law, the principles of the Constitution, or the suggestions of humanity, can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause, — we must then tell you that we will never submit to be hewers of wood, or drawers of water, for any ministry or nation in the world.
Página 82 - Ye, Our subjects, be filial to your parents, affectionate to your brothers and sisters: as husbands and wives be harmonious, as friends true; bear yourselves in modesty and moderation; extend your benevolence to all; pursue learning and cultivate arts, and thereby develop intellectual faculties and perfect moral powers; furthermore advance public good and promote common interests; always respect the Constitution and observe the laws; should emergency arise, offer yourselves courageously to the State;...
Página 144 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Página 103 - Hia children's looks, that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard, Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too, some pilgrim thither led, With many a tale repays the nightly bed.
Página 30 - I have directed Commodore Perry to assure your Imperial Majesty that I entertain the kindest feelings towards your Majesty's person and government; and that I have no other object in sending him to Japan, but to propose to your Imperial Majesty that the United States and Japan should live in friendship, and have commercial intercourse with each other.
Página 172 - To your justice we appeal . You have been told that we are impatient of government and desirous of independency. These are calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness.
Página 34 - Japan, or Italy, matters nothing. All we have a right to question is the man's conduct. If he is honest and upright in his dealings with his neighbor and with the State, then he is entitled to respect and good treatment. Especially do we need to remember our duty to the stranger within our gates. It is the sure mark of a low civilization, a low morality, to abuse or discriminate against or in any way humiliate such stranger who has come here lawfully and who is conducting himself properly. To remember...