America's Case Against GermanyE.P. Dutton, 1917 - 264 páginas |
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... commanders of German vessels of war should act upon the presumption that the flag of the United States was not being used in good faith and should destroy on the high seas an American ves- sel or the lives of American citizens , it ...
... commanders of German vessels of war should act upon the presumption that the flag of the United States was not being used in good faith and should destroy on the high seas an American ves- sel or the lives of American citizens , it ...
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... commanders of the German submarines have been in- structed , as was already stated in the note of fourth instant , to abstain from violence to American merchant vessels when they are recognizable as such . ' ' merchant vessels to avoid ...
... commanders of the German submarines have been in- structed , as was already stated in the note of fourth instant , to abstain from violence to American merchant vessels when they are recognizable as such . ' ' merchant vessels to avoid ...
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... commander " has taken off all persons on board , and as much of the cargo as possible , and arranged for the safety of the vessel's pa- pers and any other objects which may be neces- sary for throwing light on the case at the in- quiry ...
... commander " has taken off all persons on board , and as much of the cargo as possible , and arranged for the safety of the vessel's pa- pers and any other objects which may be neces- sary for throwing light on the case at the in- quiry ...
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... commanders to be upon the same plane of humane action prescribed by the naval codes of other nations , the Government of the United States was loath to believe - it cannot now bring itself to believe that these acts , so absolutely ...
... commanders to be upon the same plane of humane action prescribed by the naval codes of other nations , the Government of the United States was loath to believe - it cannot now bring itself to believe that these acts , so absolutely ...
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... commanders of the vessels which committed these acts of lawlessness did so except under a misappre- hension of the orders issued by the Imperial German naval authorities . It takes it for granted that , at least within the practical ...
... commanders of the vessels which committed these acts of lawlessness did so except under a misappre- hension of the orders issued by the Imperial German naval authorities . It takes it for granted that , at least within the practical ...
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Página 222 - But the right is more precious than peace, and 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.
Página 249 - The autocracy that crowned the summit of her 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.
Página 243 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it...
Página 223 - 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; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...
Página 244 - I hope, so far as they can equitably be sustained by the present generation, by well conceived taxation. I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans.
Página 180 - 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.
Página 186 - ... if her enemy is permitted to continue to apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the character of neutrality, and the German Government is convinced that the Government of the United States does not think of making such a demand, knowing that the Government of the United States has repeatedly declared that it is determined to restore the principle of the freedom of the seas from whatever quarter it has been violated.
Página 237 - GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS, — I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making.
Página 7 - German people towards us (who were, no doubt, as ignorant of them as we ourselves were), but only in the selfish designs of a Government that did what it pleased and told its people nothing. But they have played their part in serving to convince us at last that that Government entertains no real friendship for us and means to act against our peace and security at its convenience. That it means to stir up enemies against us at our very doors the intercepted note to the German Minister at Mexico City...
Página 249 - Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to our hope for the future peace of the world by the wonderful and heartening things that have been happening within the last few weeks in Russia? Russia was known by those who knew it best to have been always in fact democratic at heart...