A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1922, Volume 17Bureau of national literature and art, 1917 |
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Page 8134
... common boundary . It may be mentioned here that , notwithstanding the statement in your note that " the American Government gave no answer to the note of the 12th of April , " this note was replied to on April 14th , when the Department ...
... common boundary . It may be mentioned here that , notwithstanding the statement in your note that " the American Government gave no answer to the note of the 12th of April , " this note was replied to on April 14th , when the Department ...
Page 8136
... common knowl- edge that the Mexican press has been more active than the press in the United States in endeavoring to inflame the two peoples against each other and to force the two countries into hostilities . With the power of ...
... common knowl- edge that the Mexican press has been more active than the press in the United States in endeavoring to inflame the two peoples against each other and to force the two countries into hostilities . With the power of ...
Page 8139
... common boundary , the United States has a right to expect the co - operation of its neighboring republic ; and yet , instead of taking steps to check or punish the raiders , the de facto Government demurs and objects to measures taken ...
... common boundary , the United States has a right to expect the co - operation of its neighboring republic ; and yet , instead of taking steps to check or punish the raiders , the de facto Government demurs and objects to measures taken ...
Page 8165
... common rule of merchandise subject to exercise of belligerent right , as provided by international law ; the inspection of private mails to the end of ascertaining whether they do not contain contraband goods , and , if carried on an ...
... common rule of merchandise subject to exercise of belligerent right , as provided by international law ; the inspection of private mails to the end of ascertaining whether they do not contain contraband goods , and , if carried on an ...
Page 8187
... common civilization was unable to prevent and which injures the most precious achievements of humanity . Our aims are not to shatter nor annihilate our adversaries . In spite of our consciousness of our military and economic strength ...
... common civilization was unable to prevent and which injures the most precious achievements of humanity . Our aims are not to shatter nor annihilate our adversaries . In spite of our consciousness of our military and economic strength ...
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Act of Congress affixed alien enemies Alien Property Custodian ally of enemy approved Army Austria-Hungary authority vested belligerent caused the seal citizens declared defensive sea area Department District of Columbia duty Enemy Act enemy or ally entitled An Act EXECUTIVE ORDER facto Government Federal Reserve Board forces foreign Fuel Administrator German Empire guaranteed hand and caused hereunto set hundred and eighteen hundred and forty-second hundred and seventeen Imperial German Government interest issued justice labor liberty license Lord one thousand Majesty's Government ment military nations nautical miles naval Navy necessary neutral officers peace person possession power and authority prescribed President principles production purpose registration ROBERT LANSING rules and regulations Russia Secretary Section secure set my hand ships supply territory thereof things thousand nine hundred tion trade vessel virtue War Trade Board wheat Whereas WHITE HOUSE witness whereof WOODROW WILSON
Popular passages
Page 8229 - ... we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Page 8412 - 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 populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the Government whose title is to be determined.
Page 8225 - We are at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed among nations and their governments that are observed among the individual citizens of civilized states.
Page 8380 - That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared...
Page 8298 - ... under such regulations and orders, and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe, until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress: Provided, however, That no preference shall be given to the ports of one State over those of another.
Page 8226 - ... political structure, long as it had stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was not in fact Russian in origin, character, or purpose; and now it has been shaken off and the great, generous Russian people have been added, in all their naive majesty and might, to the forces that are fighting for freedom in the world, for justice, and for peace. Here is a fit, partner for a League of Honor.
Page 8416 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page 8397 - States is hereby formally declared, and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...
Page 8203 - Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels, the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.
Page 8227 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German people included : for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.