 | George Louis Beer - 1917 - 354 strani
...during the Venezuela boundary negotiations, Secretary Olney informed the British Government that " the United States is practically sovereign on this...subjects to which it confines its interposition." 32 This elicited from the Marquess of Salisbury the natural reply that the United States was not "... | |
 | 1917 - 538 strani
...ultimate sovereignty over Mexico is lodged in the Washington government. "Today," declared Richard Olney, "the United States is practically sovereign on this...subjects to which it confines its interposition." This principle has been recognized in our dealing with Santa Domingo and Hayti, and with some of the... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1917 - 718 strani
...American state, and hence contrary to the Monroe Doctrine. "To-day the United States," said Olney, "is practically sovereign on this continent, and its...subjects to which it confines its interposition." The President made this correspondence public in an unexpected message (December, 1895) and threatened... | |
 | 1917 - 622 strani
...the capstone upon the edifice of National policy by directingRichard Olney to notify the world that "today the United States is practically sovereign...this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects upon which it confines its interposition." Here, then, succinctly stated, is the great basic principle... | |
 | Elihu Root - 1917 - 334 strani
...by Mr. Olney in his letter at the time of the Venezuela boundary question in 1895, when he said: " Today the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subject to which it confines its interposition." The tremendous scope and meaning of those words for... | |
 | Ramsay Muir - 1917 - 346 strani
...said Mr. Olney, ' is practically sovereign on this continent (meaning both North and South America), ' and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.' No such gigantic imperial claim had ever been put forward by any European state ; and it constituted... | |
 | 1917 - 676 strani
...comprehensive review and analysis of the Monroe Doctrine. He reached highwater mark in this sentence: "Today the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its flat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition." Lord Salisbury answered, November,... | |
 | John V. Denson - 1997 - 494 strani
...administration Secretary of State Richard Olney gave the Monroe Doctrine a new emphasis when he said, "Today, the United States is practically sovereign...is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition."4 But the New Manifest Destiny was broader and more ambitious than renewed pursuit of... | |
 | Fareed Zakaria - 1999 - 210 strani
...to intervene. Asserting an American protectorate over the entire hemisphere, Olney famously went on, "Today the United States is practically sovereign...subjects to which it confines its interposition." Olney explained that American influence was so strong "because in addition to all other grounds, its... | |
 | Lars Schoultz - 1998 - 500 strani
...of the situation and practically invulnerable as against any or all powers." Because of this power, "today the United States is practically sovereign...is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition."19 After delivering the note as instructed, Ambassador Bayard reported that Salisbury... | |
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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. 
