Word: britain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: "Resolved, That a permanent court of arbitration should be established by the United States and Great Britain...
Notwithstanding the objections recently made, the advisory committee on debating has decided to accept the question offered by Yale for the 'varsity debate. The question reads: "Resolved, That a permanent court of arbitration should be established by the United States and Great Britain...
...committee on arrangements for the Harvard-Yale debate have just received from New Haven the subject for the next debate. It reads: "Resolved, That a permanent court of Arbitration should be established by the United States and Great Britain." Harvard has the choice of side, which will probably be left to the three Harvard representatives who will be chosen at a trial debate to be held sometime about the middle of March...
...Policy risks war unnecessarily.- (1) Active interference in the boundary dispute is not demanded by our interests.- (x) Particular territory claimed by Great Britain is of no importance to us. G. S. Boutwell in Boston Herald, Feb. 2, 1896; F. S. Woolsey in Forum XX, 712 (Feb. 1896); O. S. Strauss, ibid, pp. 718-719; C. L. Rice, ibid, 723,- (y) No danger that this case will furnish a precedent for further advances dangerous to us by Great Britain.- (x) This advance (if advance it is) is under a bona fide boundary dispute which existed before the British conquest...
...Will involve us in unnecessary embroilments.- (a) American states will be encouraged by our attitude to engage in difficulties with European powers: G. S. Boutwell, ut supra; Nation, LXI, p. 455 (Dec. 26, 1896); Senator Sewall in Cong. Rec. p. 868 (Jan. 20, 1896).- (b) Future relations with Great Britain.- (1) Feelings of hostility and distrust greatly fostered.- (x) These were strong enough already as is shown by-(a) Response to message: Pub. Op. Dec. 26, 1895 (pp. 841-843); Rice in Forum XX pp. 725-726 (Feb. 1896).- (c) Future foreign relations generally.- (1) Feeling in favor of jingoistic...