Why We Went to WarScribner, 1918 - 386 páginas |
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Página 115
... contraband at a time when we failed to protest to Germany against so flagrant an offense as that which the German Embassy committed in inserting in New York papers the notice warn- ing American citizens not to take ship on the Lusitania ...
... contraband at a time when we failed to protest to Germany against so flagrant an offense as that which the German Embassy committed in inserting in New York papers the notice warn- ing American citizens not to take ship on the Lusitania ...
Página 116
... contraband was in the absence of any such general agreement a matter for discus- sion , though we could hardly claim as neutrals what we had denied to other neutrals when we ourselves had been belligerents . In President Lincoln's ...
... contraband was in the absence of any such general agreement a matter for discus- sion , though we could hardly claim as neutrals what we had denied to other neutrals when we ourselves had been belligerents . In President Lincoln's ...
Página 117
... contraband instead of in its list of conditional contraband . As the Government of the United States has in the past placed all articles from which ammunition is manufactured ' in its con- traband list , and has declared copper to be ...
... contraband instead of in its list of conditional contraband . As the Government of the United States has in the past placed all articles from which ammunition is manufactured ' in its con- traband list , and has declared copper to be ...
Página 123
... contraband , no loss of life has yet occurred . " " * The fact that the English Navy had prac- tically driven German war - ships from the seas not only made it difficult or impossible for neu- trals to land supplies in Germany , but ...
... contraband , no loss of life has yet occurred . " " * The fact that the English Navy had prac- tically driven German war - ships from the seas not only made it difficult or impossible for neu- trals to land supplies in Germany , but ...
Página 127
... contraband from reaching an enemy . Those in this country who sympathize with Germany and Austria - Hungary appear to assume that some obligation rests upon this Government in the performance of its neutral duty to prevent all trade in ...
... contraband from reaching an enemy . Those in this country who sympathize with Germany and Austria - Hungary appear to assume that some obligation rests upon this Government in the performance of its neutral duty to prevent all trade in ...
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accept action affairs alliance Allies American Journal American passports arms army attempt August Austria Austria-Hungary Balkan Balkan War Baron Beyens Belgian Belgium believe belligerents Berlin Bernstorff Britain British Bulgaria Central Powers Chancellor citizens contraband covenants December December 18 declared desire Deutschtum diplomatic Emperor enemy England Europe fact fighting force Foreign France French future German Embassy German Empire Germany's gium guarantee Helfferich Herr honor humanity Imperial German Government Imperial Government interest international law issue Italy Jagow Journal of International July justice Kaiser league of nations Lusitania ment military Minister naval negotiations neutral officers ourselves Papen peace plain political possible present President Wilson's principles proposal protest Prussian purpose question ready refused regard Reichstag reply Rumania Russia seas Secretary Serbia settlement ships Special Supplement speech spirit statement submarine territory tion treaty ultimatum United Vernon Kellogg vessels violation warfare Wilson wish
Pasajes populares
Página 289 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty, We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
Página 334 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of International covenants.
Página 113 - One of the things that has served to convince us that the Prussian autocracy was not and could never be our friend is that from the very outset of the present war it has filled our unsuspecting communities and even our offices of government with spies and set criminal intrigues everywhere afoot against our national unity of counsel, our peace within and without, our industries and our commerce.
Página 287 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making: We will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
Página 330 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
Página 330 - Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated, occupied territories restored, Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan States to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality...
Página 137 - Government was terrible to a degree ; just for a word — " neutrality," a word which in war-time had so often been disregarded — just for a scrap of paper Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.
Página 350 - ... whether it was justice or dominion and the execution of their own will upon the other nations of the world that the German leaders were seeking. They have answered — answered in unmistakable terms. They have avowed that it was not justice, but dominion and the unhindered execution of their own will. The avowal has not come from Germany's statesmen. It has come from her military leaders, who are her real rulers. Her statesmen have said that they wished peace, and were ready to discuss its terms...
Página 328 - What we demand in this war, therefore, is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe for every peace-loving nation...
Página 11 - Ye shall love peace as a means to new wars — and the short peace more than the long.