Word: american
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Such intervention is contrary to our long established policy: Pres't. Grant's Spec. Mess. to Cong. 13 June 1870: in Wharton, Digest p. 387.- (a) Our course in respect to Spanish American Republics.- (b) Our forbearance in the last Cuban struggle...
...interesting contest is being carried on at the fair in the Madison Square Garden, New York. A large American flag is being balloted for by adherents of the various colleges. The college that has the most ballots cast for it wins the flag. Up to Friday of last week Yale was ahead, when Harvard who was second picked up and at last accounts stood several ballots ahead of her rival. The price for each ballot is ten cents, and the contest will close on Saturday next...
...field for the employment of U. S. capital. Forum, xi. 564 sq. Eng. Mag. x. 13 sq.- (1) Great agricultural resources. Sugar, Maize, Coffee, Cacao, Fruits.- (2) Great mineral resources: Gold, Copper, Iron, etc.- (3) Great resources of forests: Mahogany, other valuable cabinet woods.- (b) Such an influx of American capital is impossible under Spanish control of Cuba.- (1) Constant danger of revolution.- (2) Oppressive commercial restrictions...
Best general references: Wharton, Digest of International Law, 60; R. H. Dana, Wheaton's International Law, 536n-564; Freeman Snow, American Diplomacy, 349-357; Segunds Alvarez on The Cuban Situation; in North American Review, vol. 161, pp. 362-365 (Sept. 1895) Harper's Weekly, May 18, 1895, July 27, 1895, Aug. 31, 1895, Oct. 19, 1895; Nation, LXI. 249; Freeman Snow, Cases on International...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Materials of American History to 1783. Professor Channing. University...