The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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... towns , or , in other words , put the whole island under martial law . With this piece of sweeping and needless tyranny , resistance to Spain be- gan in Cuba , and has continued at intervals to the pres- ent day , each successive ...
... towns , or , in other words , put the whole island under martial law . With this piece of sweeping and needless tyranny , resistance to Spain be- gan in Cuba , and has continued at intervals to the pres- ent day , each successive ...
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... towns . They fought better , and were better led , by partisan chiefs like Maceo and Garcia , than ever before . But the head and front of the Rebellion was Maximo Gomez , a man of marked ability I 2 THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
... towns . They fought better , and were better led , by partisan chiefs like Maceo and Garcia , than ever before . But the head and front of the Rebellion was Maximo Gomez , a man of marked ability I 2 THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
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... towns . These wretched peo- ple were to be driven in this way from their little farms , which were their only means of support , and herded in the towns and in the suburbs of Havana , where they had nothing before them but starvation ...
... towns . These wretched peo- ple were to be driven in this way from their little farms , which were their only means of support , and herded in the towns and in the suburbs of Havana , where they had nothing before them but starvation ...
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... town , low - lying , and called the Venice of the East , because rivers intersect it . There is a new and also an old town , the latter beautifully walled in the manner of three hundred years ago , with moats , drawbridges , and ...
... town , low - lying , and called the Venice of the East , because rivers intersect it . There is a new and also an old town , the latter beautifully walled in the manner of three hundred years ago , with moats , drawbridges , and ...
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... a descent upon the coast towns was at hand — an obviously impossible solution , because in the waters of New England the Spaniards , far removed from any base , would have courted destruction . So 73 THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA.
... a descent upon the coast towns was at hand — an obviously impossible solution , because in the waters of New England the Spaniards , far removed from any base , would have courted destruction . So 73 THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA.
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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.