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... thousands instead of by thou , sands ; when China's industrious masses are harnessed , as more RE than a million Japanese now are , to modern industrial machin- ery ; when Asiatic manufactures on a large scale ( compete with European ...
... thousands instead of by thou , sands ; when China's industrious masses are harnessed , as more RE than a million Japanese now are , to modern industrial machin- ery ; when Asiatic manufactures on a large scale ( compete with European ...
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... thousand souls . For a time in the 1820's there seemed to be some chance of acquiring Spain's colonies , but the English foreign minister threatened that Eng- land " would not tolerate for an instant " such a move , and France had to ...
... thousand souls . For a time in the 1820's there seemed to be some chance of acquiring Spain's colonies , but the English foreign minister threatened that Eng- land " would not tolerate for an instant " such a move , and France had to ...
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... Germany was about to forge ahead of Eng- land into second place . The following table tells the story : PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON ( thousands of tons ) United 25 WHY EUROPE SHOULDERED MAN'S BURDEN The Logic of Economic Necessity.
... Germany was about to forge ahead of Eng- land into second place . The following table tells the story : PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON ( thousands of tons ) United 25 WHY EUROPE SHOULDERED MAN'S BURDEN The Logic of Economic Necessity.
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Parker Thomas Moon. PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON ( thousands of tons ) United Kingdom United States ... Germany 1870 1896 1897 1908 5,960 8,660 8,796 8,935 1,670 8,623 9,653 18,009 1,390 6,260 6,760 9,869 Even more important - and this needs ...
Parker Thomas Moon. PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON ( thousands of tons ) United Kingdom United States ... Germany 1870 1896 1897 1908 5,960 8,660 8,796 8,935 1,670 8,623 9,653 18,009 1,390 6,260 6,760 9,869 Even more important - and this needs ...
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... thousand bales in 1850 , but by 1865 this quantity had been multiplied by five ; by 1890 it had been multiplied by nine , and Egypt had become the chief producer of fine , long- staple cotton . British India likewise multiplied its ...
... thousand bales in 1850 , but by 1865 this quantity had been multiplied by five ; by 1890 it had been multiplied by nine , and Egypt had become the chief producer of fine , long- staple cotton . British India likewise multiplied its ...
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Page 481 - The best method of giving practical effect to this principle is that the tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations who, by reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position, can best undertake this responsibility and who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as mandatories on behalf of the League.
Page 482 - Other peoples, especially those of Central Africa, are at such a stage that the Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic...
Page 411 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 419 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 395 - Spain— that would be cowardly and dishonorable; (2) that we could not turn them over to France or Germany— our commercial rivals in the Orient— that would be bad business and discreditable; (3) that we could not leave them to themselves— they were unfit for self-government...
Page 414 - Resolved, That when any harbor or other place in the American Continents is so situated that the occupation thereof, for naval or military purposes, might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States...
Page 454 - Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.
Page 477 - A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the population concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the Government whose title is to be determined.
Page 73 - That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and, by God's grace, do the very best we could by them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also died.
Page 413 - 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.