Word: seaport
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ARIZONA: The State wants a seaport. The lower house of the Legislature unanimously passed a resolution requesting President Harding to negotiate with Mexico for a strip of land leading to the head of the Gulf of California...
...Name and locate an important seaport in China; one of the world's largest cities not situated on navigable waters; a source of electric power in Africa; a mountain range of the complex type; the seat of an ancient civilization in Central America; a powerful city of ancient Syria, now fallen into decay; a country at the headwaters of the Nile; a region in the Southern Hemisphere with a monsoon climate; a French possession in the West Indies...
...natural outlet for a large share of the Canadian trade. But this trade, as well as most of that from other sources, is being diverted from Boston on account of the differential. Until that ini uitous discrimination is removed, Boston cannot resume its rank of a great seaport, and the New England railroads cannot muster the strength they need to put them on a sound financial basis...
That is only what should have been done long ago. Poland, aside from the fact that she needs a seaport of her own in order to thrive commercially, has certain legal jurisdictions over the city, and also the right to improve the harbor, waterfront, railways, and the other public utilities that she may find it necessary to use. But she cannot enforce her laws nor carry out her improvements unless she possesses some means by which she may force her authority. The glaring fault of internationalism as applied to cities was shown at the time of the Red drive...
...protection of its own citizens and as the champion of civilization is bound to "send a police force consisting of the military and naval forces of our government into the republic of Mexico to open and maintain open every line of communication between the city of Mexico and every seaport and border port of Mexico...