Word: neutralization
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Although war may for a time stimulate trade and manufactures, and thereby prosperity, in a neutral country sufficiently distant from the scene of conflict, it must ultimately be paid for, and in the end every part of the civilized world inevitably bears some share of the loss. This is the more true the larger the war. The waste and dislocation are certain to bring in the belligerent countries a depression of business that will go round the world. The self-interest of all nations, therefore, as well as the cause of humanity, ought to make every country desire peace among...
...nation that has prepared elaborately for war. One of the great objects of all men who desire peace is to reduce the armament of Europe, to lessen the extent of preparation for war. But among their most cherished plans is that of forbidding the sale of munitions by a neutral nation to a belligerent, which would have exactly the opposite effect. It would put a premium on preparedness, for when war broke out the unprepared munitions abroad, would be in a hopeless condition against its neighbor armed to the teeth. If we want to reduce excessive armaments, and the spirit...
...Fort Sumter. He emphasized the great needs of the North at the time--men, munitions, money and diplomacy, especially the latter. England was against slavery, but she was also very much in need of cotton and opposed to the United States tariffs; and the problem of keeping England neutral was one of the hardest faced by the Administration. The policy of Seward, secretary of State, seemed to be to embroil the United States abroad, hoping thereby to bring about a reunion at home. Troubled by the actions of his chief minister, Lincoln was plunged into deeper difficulties by the Trent...
...University golf team defeated the Yale team, 5 to 1, in the last match of the year, played on the neutral links of the Rhode Island Country Club at Providence on Saturday. F. S. Gains was the only Yale man to win his match, scoring Yale's only point...
...Harvard College, stated that the University had intended to extend to Professor Kuno Meyer a formal invitation to lecture at the University on the subject "Celtic Literature" in which he is so eminent; but, in view of his active propaganda among the Irish in behalf of Germany, and the neutral attitude assumed by the University in regard to the war, it was decided not to extend the invitation." This statement antidates Professor Meyer's letter by over four months...