Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 132A.L. Hummel, 1927 - Political science |
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Page 154 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 120 - Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coast line of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States. No other great power would under similar circumstances fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 25 - States sees the present circumstances, therefore, military action is admissible in Russia now only to render such protection and help as is possible to the Czechoslovaks against the armed Austrian and German prisoners who are attacking them and to steady any efforts at self-government or selfdefense in which the Russians themselves may be willing to accept assistance.
Page 1 - The person and property of a citizen are a part of the general domain of the Nation, even when abroad. On the other hand, there is a distinct and binding obligation on the part of self-respecting governments to afford protection to the persons and property of their citizens, wherever they may be.
Page 119 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Page 129 - ... those parts of this hemisphere where others are sovereign .... and to say, if you do thus and so, even by the consent of the sovereign, we shall regard it as an unfriendly act because it will affect us injuriously;"* "we arrogate to ourselves . . . . only the right to protect ; what we will not permit the great Powers of Europe to do...
Page 50 - The United States has always desired the unity, the independence, and prosperity of the Chinese nation. It has desired that tariff control and extraterritoriality provided by our treaties with China should as early as possible be released.
Page 52 - ... agriculture. Without agriculture, man has no tie to bind him to the soil. Without such tie, he readily leaves his birth-place and his home. He is like unto the birds of the air or the beasts of the field. Neither battlemented cities, nor deep moats, nor harsh laws, nor cruel punishments, can subdue this roving spirit that is strong within him.
Page 109 - ... particularly the US Treausry, has opposed it, the grounds for its opposition being ". . . would in our considered and deliberate judgment, disrupt the monetary system upon which not only their [the gold miners'] own livelihood, but also that of all the rest of us depends" (US Congress, 1962, p. 180). It is not as well known as it should be that the International Monetary Fund has approved the gold subsidies given by the countries mentioned above. Nor has any proof been offered which shows that...