Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 |
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... communication with San José , both by telegraph and railroad , and can communicate with naval officers there , the distance being about 70 miles . Telegraph lines do not pass through San José , except the branch from Menton , which ...
... communication with San José , both by telegraph and railroad , and can communicate with naval officers there , the distance being about 70 miles . Telegraph lines do not pass through San José , except the branch from Menton , which ...
Page 48
... communication without comment , the courtesy of which under all the circumstances I am in- clined to question . To this last communication I replied on the 2d instant , as per copy of inclosure herewith , numbered 4 . I have , etc ...
... communication without comment , the courtesy of which under all the circumstances I am in- clined to question . To this last communication I replied on the 2d instant , as per copy of inclosure herewith , numbered 4 . I have , etc ...
Page 51
... communication of the 24th instant , in which Your Excellency confirms the news contained in the official papers on the unhappy events in the Salvador frontier and expresses the motives that compelled your Government to come into war ...
... communication of the 24th instant , in which Your Excellency confirms the news contained in the official papers on the unhappy events in the Salvador frontier and expresses the motives that compelled your Government to come into war ...
Page 53
... communication with San José and our naval officers there , and within six hours by rail of that port , I assume that you intended me to go to La Libertad , in Salvador , where the cable lands and interruption occurs , in place of San ...
... communication with San José and our naval officers there , and within six hours by rail of that port , I assume that you intended me to go to La Libertad , in Salvador , where the cable lands and interruption occurs , in place of San ...
Page 59
... communication with your Government can be correct ? If it is so , I will defer to your superior information - otherwise I believe that we have acted properly in accordance with the light which we possessed . The statement is made to us ...
... communication with your Government can be correct ? If it is so , I will defer to your superior information - otherwise I believe that we have acted properly in accordance with the light which we possessed . The statement is made to us ...
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Page 441 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 503 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 483 - ... Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have 'to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 444 - ... point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the...
Page 565 - And whereas, it is found expedient for the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime within the territories and jurisdiction of the two parties respectively, that persons committing the crimes hereinafter enumerated , and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up...
Page 188 - Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 500 - Sea, and what exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and exercise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States?
Page 445 - ... shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Page 503 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 502 - It ia agreed that, in any part of the Great Ocean, commonly called the Pacific Ocean, or South 'Sea, the respective citizens or subjects of the high contracting Powers shall be neither disturbed nor restrained, either in navigation or in fishing, or in the power of resorting to the coasts, upon points which may not already have been occupied, for the purpose of trading with the natives, saving always the restrictions aud conditions determined by the following articles.