The American Year BookT. Nelson & Sons, 1917 |
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... July 10. " We have got to finance the world in some important degree , and those who finance the world must un- derstand it and rule it with their spirits and their minds . " In a speech of May 27 he declared that " the Unit- ed States ...
... July 10. " We have got to finance the world in some important degree , and those who finance the world must un- derstand it and rule it with their spirits and their minds . " In a speech of May 27 he declared that " the Unit- ed States ...
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... July 19 , the writ was dismissed in the Federal district court , he carried an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court . Meanwhile the Carlin sub - committee had filed a report criticizing the dis- trict attorney , but exposing no evi- dence ...
... July 19 , the writ was dismissed in the Federal district court , he carried an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court . Meanwhile the Carlin sub - committee had filed a report criticizing the dis- trict attorney , but exposing no evi- dence ...
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... July 7 , by another order - in- council , the last vestiges of the Dec- laration of London , which had been modified by many previous orders - in- council almost out of recognition , were finally abandoned . At the be- ginning of the ...
... July 7 , by another order - in- council , the last vestiges of the Dec- laration of London , which had been modified by many previous orders - in- council almost out of recognition , were finally abandoned . At the be- ginning of the ...
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... July 18. Eighty - five firms and persons established in this country were in- cluded in the list , and a statutory list identical with the British black- list was also published by the French Government . Some days later a New York ...
... July 18. Eighty - five firms and persons established in this country were in- cluded in the list , and a statutory list identical with the British black- list was also published by the French Government . Some days later a New York ...
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... July 6 characterized " the refusal of the Swedish Government to transmit fur- ther parcels mail between the United Kingdom and Russia " as " a violation of the agreement concluded between the British and Swedish postoffices in 1904 ...
... July 6 characterized " the refusal of the Swedish Government to transmit fur- ther parcels mail between the United Kingdom and Russia " as " a violation of the agreement concluded between the British and Swedish postoffices in 1904 ...
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Page 50 - Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels, the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.
Page 536 - ... concerning which the carrier shall have been or shall hereafter be expressly authorized or required by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish and maintain raies dependent upon the value declared in writing by the shipper or agreed upon in writing as the released value of the property...
Page 167 - AN ACT To establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries ; to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States, and for other purposes.
Page 536 - Who has given value in good faith relying upon the description therein of the goods, for damages caused by the nonreceipt by the carrier or a connecting carrier of all or part of the goods or their failure to correspond with the description thereof in the bill at the time of its issue.
Page 87 - The President suggests that an early occasion be sought to call out from all the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective views as to the terms upon which the war might be concluded...
Page 166 - to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 46 - This right seems to have been predicated on the superior defensive strength of ships of war, and the limitation of armament to have been dependent on the fact that it could not be used effectively in offense against enemy naval vessels, while it could defend the merchantman against the generally inferior armament of piratical ships and privateers.
Page 87 - He takes the liberty of calling attention to the fact that the objects which the statesmen of the belligerents on both sides have in mind in this war are virtually the same, as stated in general terms to their own people and to the world.
Page 256 - ... but that is a matter for the Legislature, and not for the courts.
Page 4 - For my own part, I cannot consent to any abridgment of the rights of American citizens in any respect. The honor and self-respect of the nation is involved. We covet peace and shall preserve it at any cost but the loss of honor. To forbid our people to exercise their rights for fear we might be called upon to vindicate them would be a deep humiliation indeed.