The Law and Policy of Annexation: With Special Reference to the Philippines, Together with Observations on the Status of Cuba |
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acquired administration allegiance Amendment American annexed territory ARTICLE assertion assume authority British Government California ceded territory cession Chamrajendra Wadiar Bahádur Chief Justice Marshall China Chinese citizens citizenship civil clause commerce Constitution Cuba Cubans CUSHMAN K declared District dominions duties ernment established executive exercise federal Filipinos force foreign Germany Governor-General in Council gress Guam hereby Howard Indian insurgents interests international law islands Jules Cambon jurisdiction of Congress Kiao-chau land legislative legislature Louisiana Madagascar Mahárája Chamrajendra Wadiar Mahárája of Mysore Majesty the Queen Malagasy ment military nations obligations occupation peace persons Philippines political Porto Rico possession present treaty President principle protection protectorate protocol provision question ratifications regard relation relinquishes respect rule says sovereign sovereignty Spain Spanish Sulu supra Supreme Court tariff theory thereof tion Treaty of Paris United States territory Wadiar Bahadur Wheaton WILLIAM MCKINLEY Wong Kim Ark
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Page 177 - The United States " hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to ex" ercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said " island except for the pacification thereof, and as"serts its determination when that is accomplished to " leave the government and control of the island to its " people "; and this was incorporated in the ultimatum
Page 193 - Fourth. That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the Island to its people. Approved April 20, 1898.
Page 204 - be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of
Page 204 - Now therefore be it known that I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
Page 218 - or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : I. This Order may be cited as the Lagos Protectorate Order in Council, 1899. II. Subject to the provisions of the said Order in Council of the
Page 7 - is not a judicial but a "political question, the determination of which, by "the legislative and executive departments of any "government conclusively binds the judges, as well "as all other officers, citizens, and subjects of that "government. This principle has always been up"held by this court, and has been affirmed under a "great variety of circumstances.
Page 194 - be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry this Act into effect. Approved April 25, 1898.
Page 18 - The " United States will, for the term of ten years from "the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the "present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the "same terms as ships and merchandise of the United "States.
Page 179 - is not "a judicial but a political question, the determination " of which by the legislative and executive depart"ments of any government conclusively binds the "judges, as well as all other officers, citizens, and "subjects of that government. This principle has "always been upheld by this Court, and has been "affirmed under a great variety of circumstances.
Page 94 - be dismissed almost summarily. The Indian tribes are, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, " in a state of pupilage. Their relation to "the United States resembles that of a ward to its "guardian. They look to our Government for