When the inability of Spain to deal successfully with the insurrection has become manifest and it is demonstrated that her sovereignty is extinct in Cuba for all purposes of its rightful existence, and when a hopeless struggle for its re-establishment... The Life Work of William McKinley - Page 73by Edward T. Roe - 1901 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
| Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 530 pages
...of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our_obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations, which we can haj;djv__hesitate to recognize and discharge. Deferring the choice of ways "and methods until the time... | |
| John Holladay Latané - United States - 1918 - 702 pages
...Cleveland reviewed the Cuban question at length and declared that, if the struggle continued much longer, "a situation will be presented in which our obligations...we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge." TOPICAL REFERENCES 1. " The Alabama Claims " and the Geneva Arbitration : Rhodes, History of the United... | |
| Willis Fletcher Johnson - Cuba - 1920 - 486 pages
...more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in...we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge." To those who knew Mr. Cleveland, and who appreciated the care with which he selected every word in... | |
| Charles Emanuel Martin - Intervention - 1921 - 186 pages
...more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in...we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge. The change of administration in the United States in 1897 was not attended with any radical change... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1922 - 452 pages
...asserted, had been duly observed. But he uttered a note of warning when he said that a situation may be presented "in which our obligations to the sovereignty...of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations." 1 Reviewing carefully the last two years of Cleveland's administration, his conduct and that of his... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1922 - 454 pages
...asserted, had been duly observed. But he uttered a note of warning when he said that a situation may be presented "in which our obligations to the sovereignty...of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations." l Reviewing carefully the last two years of Cleveland's administration, his conduct and that of his... | |
| Indiana State Bar Association (1916- ) - Bar associations - 1900 - 294 pages
...nothing more than useless sacrifice of human life, and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in...will be superseded by higher obligations which we could hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge." By the message of April 11, 189S, President McKinley... | |
| Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg - History - 1926 - 448 pages
...final struggle — though his final message of December 7, 1896,' had foreseen an approaching situation "in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations" — so McKinley, a man of God-given patience as well as patriotism, sought the decisions of peace so... | |
| Charles Edward Chapman - Cuba - 1927 - 714 pages
...more than the useless sacrifice of human lift and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in...we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge." Weyler's harsh policies occupied the attention of the press during 1897, and animosity toward Spain... | |
| Charles Edward Chapman - Cuba - 1927 - 712 pages
...more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in...we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge." Weyler's harsh policies occupied the attention of the press during 1897, and animosity toward Spain... | |
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