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... trade routes linking the eastern Mediterranean with Asiatic countries whence came spices , gems , drugs , and many ... trade , obtained supplies from Asia , and from their lucrative business as middlemen between Europe and Asia . The Ger ...
... trade routes linking the eastern Mediterranean with Asiatic countries whence came spices , gems , drugs , and many ... trade , obtained supplies from Asia , and from their lucrative business as middlemen between Europe and Asia . The Ger ...
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... trade directly with the East , not only could it escape paying the extortionate prices of Italian and German ... Trading posts were established along the African coasts , on the shores of the Indian Ocean , at the entrance to the Persian ...
... trade directly with the East , not only could it escape paying the extortionate prices of Italian and German ... Trading posts were established along the African coasts , on the shores of the Indian Ocean , at the entrance to the Persian ...
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... trading posts in the East and the East Indies , and for generations monopolized the spice trade , despite persistent efforts of French and English to seize a share . Dutch commerce prospered ; stately ships crowded Dutch ports ; and the ...
... trading posts in the East and the East Indies , and for generations monopolized the spice trade , despite persistent efforts of French and English to seize a share . Dutch commerce prospered ; stately ships crowded Dutch ports ; and the ...
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... trade . The theories in- . spiring these ventures were oftentimes so crude that the veriest tyro in economic science can demonstrate their falsity . Never- theless , in one form or another with many a variation , the policy of colonial ...
... trade . The theories in- . spiring these ventures were oftentimes so crude that the veriest tyro in economic science can demonstrate their falsity . Never- theless , in one form or another with many a variation , the policy of colonial ...
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... trade would be profitable to all countries , at- tempts to monopolize colonial trade cause " mere loss instead of profit " to the " body of the people . " The overgrowth of British colonial trade had sucked capital away from other ...
... trade would be profitable to all countries , at- tempts to monopolize colonial trade cause " mere loss instead of profit " to the " body of the people . " The overgrowth of British colonial trade had sucked capital away from other ...
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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 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 394 - I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night.
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 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 73 - Take up the White Man's burden — Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild — Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the White Man's Burden...
Page 325 - The Christian religion, as professed by Protestants or Roman Catholics, inculcates the practice of virtue, and teaches man to do as he would be done by. Persons teaching it or professing it, therefore, shall alike be entitled to the protection of the Chinese authorities, nor shall any such, peaceably pursuing their calling, and not offending against the laws, be persecuted or interfered with.
Page 368 - First, perhaps the most effective way to preserve the undisturbed enjoyment by China of all political rights in Manchuria and to promote the development of those Provinces under a practical application of the policy of the open door and equal commercial opportunity would be to bring the Manchurian highways, the railroads, under an economic, scientific, and impartial administration by some plan vesting in China the ownership of the railroads through funds furnished for that purpose by the interested...