Word: makeshifts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...United States can not consistently with its past policy consider the question of guaranteed neutrality, since it refused to do so in 1888, when propsed by England and Germany. The present advantages under the reciprocity treaty would be lost. This would simply be a makeshift and likely to lead us into many quarrles. A protectorate, either one which would retain Hawaii's sovereignty or one which would given the United States the supreme government, is both inexpedient and incompatible with our national policy. The former would mean eventual Japaness domination, the latter would in reality be annexation. Neither...