Cuba and the InterventionLongmans, Green, 1905 - 359 páginas |
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... House of Commerce , at Seville . This body was empowered to grant licenses , to despatch fleets , and to regulate and con- trol Spanish colonial trade , of which it held an exclusive monopoly . In 1717 , the institution was transferred ...
... House of Commerce , at Seville . This body was empowered to grant licenses , to despatch fleets , and to regulate and con- trol Spanish colonial trade , of which it held an exclusive monopoly . In 1717 , the institution was transferred ...
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... House of Commerce , at Seville . This body was empowered to grant licenses , to despatch fleets , and to regulate and con- trol Spanish colonial trade , of which it held an exclusive monopoly . In 1717 , the institution was transferred ...
... House of Commerce , at Seville . This body was empowered to grant licenses , to despatch fleets , and to regulate and con- trol Spanish colonial trade , of which it held an exclusive monopoly . In 1717 , the institution was transferred ...
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... houses . In Havana , this tax was fixed , by a law of 1890 , at four and one - quarter cents per kilo ( about two and one - fifth lbs ) . There were also taxes upon the slaughtering of cattle , which was made a special privilege , and ...
... houses . In Havana , this tax was fixed , by a law of 1890 , at four and one - quarter cents per kilo ( about two and one - fifth lbs ) . There were also taxes upon the slaughtering of cattle , which was made a special privilege , and ...
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... house of his neighbor if there were no other means of preventing the flames from de- stroying his own home . Under such circumstances , we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which Spain might enlist against us . We ...
... house of his neighbor if there were no other means of preventing the flames from de- stroying his own home . Under such circumstances , we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which Spain might enlist against us . We ...
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... House concurred , proposed the tender of the friendly offices of the United States to request Spain to accord bel- ligerent rights to her Cuban opponents . The minority report proposed that the President interpose his friendly offices ...
... House concurred , proposed the tender of the friendly offices of the United States to request Spain to accord bel- ligerent rights to her Cuban opponents . The minority report proposed that the President interpose his friendly offices ...
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acceptance administration American authorities American occupation appeared April April 20 Article attitude became Church City of Havana colonial commercial concessions Congress Constitutional Convention Court Cuba's Cuban Constitution Cuban Government Customs declared Department desire duties effect election established existing fact force foreign Government of Cuba held important industrial insular interest intervention Island of Cuba Isle of Pines issued Jai Alai Joint Resolution Justice Matanzas Matanzas Province matter Maximo Gomez measure ment Military Governor months municipal notably obligations official opinion organization Palma party peace Platt Amendment political present President McKinley proper protection Province provisions Puerto Principe purpose question recognition regarded relations Republic of Cuba result revenues Santiago Santiago de Cuba Secretary Secretary of War Senate Señor sovereignty Spain Spanish statement sugar tariff Teller Amendment tion Treaty of Paris United vote Washington Wood
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Página 228 - 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 244 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Página 72 - 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 72 - 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 243 - Joint Resolution 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 231 - 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 54 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Página 51 - Fourth, and 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. With such a conflict waged for years in an island so near us and with which our people have such trade and business relations — when the lives and liberty of our citizens are in constant danger and their property destroyed and themselves ruined...
Página 199 - The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of her August Son, Don Alfonso XIII, desiring to end the state of war now existing between the two countries, have for that purpose appointed as plenipotentiaries: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WILLIAM R.
Página 224 - It is understood that any obligations assumed in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba are limited to the time of its occupancy thereof; but it will upon the termination of such occupancy, advise any Government established in the island to assume the same obligations.