Word: protection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cape Colony and the Transvaal. (5) Venezuela. D. The objection that decisive action on the part of England would involve war with one or several of the other powers does not old. (1) Armenian autonomy, as in Crete, would obviate this. E. England is under treaty obligation to protect the Armenians. Pub. Opin...
...United States is under no obligation to act.- (A) Action is not necessary to protect our rights.- (1) They have been respected (Justin McCarthy, Minister Terrell).- (2) We can protect them without interfering with internal affairs of Turkey.- (3) We can protect them better without aid from England.- (a) She is responsible for continuance of Turkish misrule.- (b) She is suspected as an interested power.- (c) An alliance with the United States would not remove this suspicion.- (B) We are under no obligation to defend the Christian faith.- (1) No religion is recognized in the Constitution.- (2) The power...
...Lalor's Cyclopedia. 1108). 2. Nullification episode. (Lalor, 1050). 3. Civil War. 4. Chicago Strike. E. Right of interference concurred in by Senate and House Resolutions, July 12 and 16, 1894. (Nation. Sept 17, '96). F. Right embodied in law. 1. President given power to call out troops to protect property and preserve order. (Revised Statutes, Sect...
...wise to exercise the right. (A) It is in line with policy of U. S. for one hundred years. 1. Tendency of our history steadily toward centralization. (Harper's, LXXXV, 240, and Cooley, Principles of Constitutional Law, 27.) B. Interference may be necessary to protect interstate commerce and U. S. mail. 1. Local authorities, as experience proves, not always disposed to do their duty promptly. (a) Chicago strike. (2) Such delays affect peace and happiness of entire nation. C. Dangers of centralization cannot be urged in opposition. 1. It is a choice of evils. (a) Principles of centralization and localization...
...splendid temple remains. The Venetians withdrew, and a mosque was again built among these ruins. Early in the present century, when the war of freedom had driven the Turks out of Greece, the Acropolis came again into the hands of its natural possessors. The Greeks treasure and protect it today as a national heritage; but it is more than that, said the eloquent lecturer in closing,- it is the place about which classical studies centre, in whatever land or nation they may be pursued...