Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century, Volumul 3Hazlitt Alva Cuppy J. A. Hill, 1911 |
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Pagina 9
... regarded by many as a land - mark in financial history . Thirty thousand stockholders were affected by the reduction of the dividend , which was due to the fact that the earnings of the Company had fallen off $ 4,642,668 for the third ...
... regarded by many as a land - mark in financial history . Thirty thousand stockholders were affected by the reduction of the dividend , which was due to the fact that the earnings of the Company had fallen off $ 4,642,668 for the third ...
Pagina 17
... regarded as wise men and safe men lost their hold upon their judgment and failed to withstand the temptation to gather for their instant personal ad- vantage the fruits , which , conserved , would have lasted many years . and benefited ...
... regarded as wise men and safe men lost their hold upon their judgment and failed to withstand the temptation to gather for their instant personal ad- vantage the fruits , which , conserved , would have lasted many years . and benefited ...
Pagina 44
... regarded as a belittling of the Triple Alliance . According to advices from St. Peters- burg , the Czar took the initiative in bringing about the meeting , the real purpose of which was doubtless a discussion of the proposed cus- tom ...
... regarded as a belittling of the Triple Alliance . According to advices from St. Peters- burg , the Czar took the initiative in bringing about the meeting , the real purpose of which was doubtless a discussion of the proposed cus- tom ...
Pagina 52
... regarded by European publicists as a hard blow to international probity and honor . It was urged by some that the Turkish Government lacked the facilities for enforcing the treaty law against foreign warships , and that the incident ...
... regarded by European publicists as a hard blow to international probity and honor . It was urged by some that the Turkish Government lacked the facilities for enforcing the treaty law against foreign warships , and that the incident ...
Pagina 53
... regarded , according to the Oriental code of etiquette , as an admission of Brit- ain's claim to supremacy in the Persian Gulf , a claim which Russia wished Persia emphatically to deny . Russia distinctly strengthened her position in ...
... regarded , according to the Oriental code of etiquette , as an admission of Brit- ain's claim to supremacy in the Persian Gulf , a claim which Russia wished Persia emphatically to deny . Russia distinctly strengthened her position in ...
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Pagina 76 - The Government of New Granada guarantees to the Government of the United States that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama, upon any modes of communication that now exist or that may hereafter be constructed, shall be open and free to the Government and citizens of the United States...
Pagina 196 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations...
Pagina 81 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...
Pagina 77 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists ; and, in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Pagina 81 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights...
Pagina 62 - In extending the line of demarcation northward from said point on the parallel of the 56th degree of north latitude, following the crest of the mountains situated parallel to the coast until its intersection with the...
Pagina 63 - ... was it the intention and meaning of said convention of 1825 that there should remain in the exclusive possession of Russia a continuous fringe or strip of coast on the mainland, not exceeding ten marine leagues in width, separating the British Possessions from the bays, ports, inlets, havens, and waters of the ocean...
Pagina 3 - Much has been written on panics and manias — much more than with the most outstretched intellect we are able to follow or conceive ; but one thing is certain, that at particular times a great many stupid people have a great deal of stupid money.
Pagina 83 - In short, the experience of over half a century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapable of keeping order on the Isthmus. Only the active interference of the United States has enabled her to preserve so much as a semblance of sovereignty. Had it not been for the exercise by the United States of the police power in her interest, her connection with the Isthmus would have been sundered long ago.
Pagina 174 - Pacific is such as to ensure our peaceful domination of its waters in the future if only we grasp with sufficient resolution the advantages of that position. We are taking long strides in that direction; witness the cables we are laying down, the steamship lines we are starting - some of them already containing steamships larger than any freight carriers that have previously existed.