Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from Documents Issued by Presidents and Secretaries of State, and from Decisions of Federal Courts and Opinions of Attorneys-General, Volume 3 |
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... regard to coaling stations on the Colombian Isthmus , as contemplated in my note to you of April 17 last , you intimate your trust that orders have been issued by the competent Department for the withdrawal from Chiriqui Bay and Dulce ...
... regard to coaling stations on the Colombian Isthmus , as contemplated in my note to you of April 17 last , you intimate your trust that orders have been issued by the competent Department for the withdrawal from Chiriqui Bay and Dulce ...
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... regard the act of the authorities of Panama as ill - judged and unsupported by the cool good sense of your federal Government , whose considerate and amicable purposes I find re- flected in your recent note . " The information I possess ...
... regard the act of the authorities of Panama as ill - judged and unsupported by the cool good sense of your federal Government , whose considerate and amicable purposes I find re- flected in your recent note . " The information I possess ...
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... regard to its protectorate of the Mosquito Indians . It , however , professes a willingness , as I understand , to withdraw that pro- tectorate if the Government of Nicaragua can be induced to treat the Mosquitos fairly and allow them ...
... regard to its protectorate of the Mosquito Indians . It , however , professes a willingness , as I understand , to withdraw that pro- tectorate if the Government of Nicaragua can be induced to treat the Mosquitos fairly and allow them ...
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... regard them as unfriendly , and in contravention of the spirit , if not of the letter , of the treaty , for the faithful execution of which the imperial Govern- ment is alone responsible . " Anticipating that an attempt may possibly be ...
... regard them as unfriendly , and in contravention of the spirit , if not of the letter , of the treaty , for the faithful execution of which the imperial Govern- ment is alone responsible . " Anticipating that an attempt may possibly be ...
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... regard to conflicting pretensions to it . It has not been the intention of the United States to deviate from this course , nor has any notice been given by Mexico that she proposed to assume jurisdiction over it , or change the ...
... regard to conflicting pretensions to it . It has not been the intention of the United States to deviate from this course , nor has any notice been given by Mexico that she proposed to assume jurisdiction over it , or change the ...
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Page 634 - A neutral Government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 270 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 634 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 234 - If a war be made by invasion of a foreign nation, the President is not only authorized but bound to resist force by force. He does not initiate the war, but is bound to accept the challenge without waiting for any special legislative authority. And whether the hostile party be a foreign invader, or States organized in rebellion, it is none the less a war, although the declaration of it be "unilateral.
Page 655 - Her Majesty's Government, in order to evince its desire of strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries and of making satisfactory provision for the future, agrees, that in deciding the questions between the two countries arising out of those claims, the Arbitrators should assume that Her Majesty's Government had undertaken to act upon the principles set forth in these rules.
Page 28 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 46 - America, not included within the above-mentioned limits : provided, however, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours, for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever.
Page 857 - States in their civil rights, and for their vindication, shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where they are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies...
Page 566 - And whereas the effects of a violation of neutrality committed by means of the construction, equipment, and armament of a vessel are not done away with by any commission which the government of the belligerent power, benefited by the violation of neutrality, may...
Page 253 - I believe it cannot be doubted, 'but that by the general law of nations, the goods of a friend found in the vessel of an enemy are free, and the goods of an enemy found in the vessel of a friend are lawful prize.