The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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... side and England and Holland on the other , after the former had been crippled in Europe , was transferred from the Old World to the New . They seemed at first very remote from each other in the vast regions of the American continents ...
... side and England and Holland on the other , after the former had been crippled in Europe , was transferred from the Old World to the New . They seemed at first very remote from each other in the vast regions of the American continents ...
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... side alone . The administration was in fact opposed to any inter- ference in Cuba , and the action of Congress left it free to follow its policy of holding rigidly aloof . Spain re- lied with entire confidence on the friendly attitude ...
... side alone . The administration was in fact opposed to any inter- ference in Cuba , and the action of Congress left it free to follow its policy of holding rigidly aloof . Spain re- lied with entire confidence on the friendly attitude ...
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... side , for the whole phrase was purely rhetorical . It was rhetoric when Richard Henry Lee first read it to the Conti- nental Congress , it was rhetoric still , hallowed by time . and association , when applied to Cuba . At the most it ...
... side , for the whole phrase was purely rhetorical . It was rhetoric when Richard Henry Lee first read it to the Conti- nental Congress , it was rhetoric still , hallowed by time . and association , when applied to Cuba . At the most it ...
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... side of the globe . When war came , and the United States looked out to see where to strike its foe , it found Spain present not only at its own doors , but far away across the Pacific , and there in the distant East the first blow fell ...
... side of the globe . When war came , and the United States looked out to see where to strike its foe , it found Spain present not only at its own doors , but far away across the Pacific , and there in the distant East the first blow fell ...
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... sides with their paint brushes , and in a few hours the white was gone , and the ships looked leaden and sombre in the dull dark drab of the war - paint . On the 21st , when General Woodford was leaving Madrid and Senor Polo was ...
... sides with their paint brushes , and in a few hours the white was gone , and the ships looked leaden and sombre in the dull dark drab of the war - paint . On the 21st , when General Woodford was leaving Madrid and Senor Polo was ...
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action Admiral Cervera Admiral Dewey Admiral Sampson advance American fleet American ships April April 23 arms army artillery attack batteries battle-ship block-house blockade boat bombardment brigade Brooklyn campaign Caney Captain cavalry Cavité Cervera channel Cienfuegos coal coast command Commodore Congress cruisers Cuba Cuban declared despatch destroyed El Caney enemy expedition fight flag flag-ship force Gloucester gunboat guns harbor Havana heavy hostilities iards infantry insurgents intrenchments island JULES CAMBON Key West killed Lieutenant Madrid Manila ment Merrimac miles military morning movement navy night o'clock officers once opened Oregon peace Philippines Ponce port President Protected Cruiser protocol Puerto Rico regiments resolution road San Juan Santiago Schley Senate sent Shafter shells shore shot slave power soldiers Spain Span Spaniards Spanish Spanish fleet Spanish Government Spanish ships speed squadron surrender tion torpedo-boat torpedoes town treaty troops United vessels victory Washington WILLIAM MCKINLEY wounded
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Página 33 - WHEREAS, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battleship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Página 274 - The Spaniards residing in the territories over which Spain by this treaty cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty shall be subject in matters civil as well as crim273 inal to the jurisdiction of the courts of the country wherein they reside, pursuant to the ordinary laws governing the same; and they shall have the right to appear before such courts, and to pursue the same course as citizens of the country to which the courts belong.
Página 276 - Spain ; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Página 240 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Página 33 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Página 238 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 238 - That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist, and that war has existed since the twenty-first day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain.
Página 237 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Página 25 - In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Página 253 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.