United States in War with Spain and the History of Cuba: A Thrilling Account of the Land and Naval Operations of American Soldiers and Sailors in Our War with Spain, and the Heroic Struggles of Cuban Patriots Against Spanish Tyranny. Including a Description and History of Cuba, Spain, Philippine Islands, Our Army and Navy, Fighting Strength, Coast Defences, and Our Relations with Other Nations, Etc., EtcInternational Publishing Company, 1898 - 566 páginas |
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... took courage from that sign . Finally , the people of Spain resented the appearance of the Maine in the harbor of Havana as an affront , and a direct threat against them and in favor of the insurgents . If A WAR FOR LIBERTY AND HUMANITY ...
... took courage from that sign . Finally , the people of Spain resented the appearance of the Maine in the harbor of Havana as an affront , and a direct threat against them and in favor of the insurgents . If A WAR FOR LIBERTY AND HUMANITY ...
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... took time to smile over the story of the Spanish Min- ister's journey from Washington to Canada . In Toronto , Senor Polo sought to discredit the assaults that had been made on Minister Wood- ford's train in Spain , and related that he ...
... took time to smile over the story of the Spanish Min- ister's journey from Washington to Canada . In Toronto , Senor Polo sought to discredit the assaults that had been made on Minister Wood- ford's train in Spain , and related that he ...
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... took his capture gracefully , shrugged his shoul- ders , and said he supposed it was only the fortune of war . It was sug- gested to him that the capture of a ship bearing that name , which , translated , means " good fortune , " as the ...
... took his capture gracefully , shrugged his shoul- ders , and said he supposed it was only the fortune of war . It was sug- gested to him that the capture of a ship bearing that name , which , translated , means " good fortune , " as the ...
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... took the captured vessel into port at Key West under its own steam . The ship was bound from Havana to Santiago with a valuable cargo of rice , iron and beer . On the same day two other captures were made , one by the torpedo boat ...
... took the captured vessel into port at Key West under its own steam . The ship was bound from Havana to Santiago with a valuable cargo of rice , iron and beer . On the same day two other captures were made , one by the torpedo boat ...
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... took the big steamer Miguel Jover , a vessel of more than 2,000 tons , with a full cargo of cot- ton and staves on board . The prize was worth not less than $ 400,000 . Friday night the Helena left Key West to follow the main fleet ...
... took the big steamer Miguel Jover , a vessel of more than 2,000 tons , with a full cargo of cot- ton and staves on board . The prize was worth not less than $ 400,000 . Friday night the Helena left Key West to follow the main fleet ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 300 - 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 to 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 93 - After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in, wresting it from Spain if we possess the power...
Página 300 - ... 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 battle ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Página 32 - 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 waters.
Página 307 - The right to intervene may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade and business of our people, and by the wanton destruction of property and devastation of the island. " Fourth. Aid, which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace and entails upon this government an enormous expense.
Página 303 - We have found ourselves constrained, in the observance of that strict neutrality which our laws enjoin and which the law of nations commands, to police our own waters and watch our own seaports in prevention of any unlawful act in aid of the Cubans. Our trade has suffered...
Página 306 - There remain the alternative forms of intervention to end the war, either as an impartial neutral by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants, or as the active ally of the one party or the other. As to the first, it is not to be forgotten that during the last few months the relation of the United States has virtually been one of friendly intervention in many ways, each not of itself conclusive, but all tending to the exertion of a potential influence toward an ultimate pacific result,...
Página 32 - 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 307 - ... and the irritating questions and entanglements thus arising — all these and others that I need not mention, with the resulting strained relations, are a constant menace to our peace and compel us to keep on a semi-war footing with a nation with which we are at peace.
Página 93 - ... permit Cuba to be Africanized and become a second St. Domingo, with all its attendant horrors to the white race, and suffer the flames to extend to our own neighboring shores, seriously to endanger or actually to consume the fair fabric of our Union.