The Colombian and Venezuelan Republics: With Notes on Other Parts of Central and South AmericaLittle, Brown,, 1900 - 350 Seiten |
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... historic spot that I once witnessed a most singular blending of superstition and religious devotion . There was an odd looking pile of stones , some ten or twelve feet high , which ΙΟ Colombian and Venezuelan Republics.
... historic spot that I once witnessed a most singular blending of superstition and religious devotion . There was an odd looking pile of stones , some ten or twelve feet high , which ΙΟ Colombian and Venezuelan Republics.
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... feet high , which seemed to have been loosely thrown together without much design . On the crest of this was an old iron cross , half consumed by rust . On one side of the rock pile ( for it was little else ) , opening from the ground ...
... feet high , which seemed to have been loosely thrown together without much design . On the crest of this was an old iron cross , half consumed by rust . On one side of the rock pile ( for it was little else ) , opening from the ground ...
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... feet in height and many yards in thickness . It was built in the reign of Philip II . , and is said to have cost over a million of dollars . In all probability it has never been repaired since , yet , saving a few rents of recent origin ...
... feet in height and many yards in thickness . It was built in the reign of Philip II . , and is said to have cost over a million of dollars . In all probability it has never been repaired since , yet , saving a few rents of recent origin ...
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... feet below the surface of the water , is the old Bastile of the Inquisition , rendered classic by Charles Kingsley in his " Westward Ho ; " a grim relic of the past , no longer utilized in the conversion of heretics , but sometimes ...
... feet below the surface of the water , is the old Bastile of the Inquisition , rendered classic by Charles Kingsley in his " Westward Ho ; " a grim relic of the past , no longer utilized in the conversion of heretics , but sometimes ...
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... feet long , con- nects the station with deep water ; so that passengers now embark and disembark with greater facility and comfort . - The railway passes through a very barren and unin- teresting part of the country a mere wilderness of ...
... feet long , con- nects the station with deep water ; so that passengers now embark and disembark with greater facility and comfort . - The railway passes through a very barren and unin- teresting part of the country a mere wilderness of ...
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Seite 242 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Seite 298 - ... (b) The arbitrators may recognize and give effect to rights and claims resting on any other ground whatever, valid according to international law, and on any principles of international law which the arbitrators may deem to be applicable to the case and which are not in contravention of the foregoing rule. (c) In determining the boundary line, if territory of one party be found by the tribunal to have been at the date of this treaty in the occupation of the subjects or citizens of the other party,...
Seite 334 - All questions considered by the tribunal, including the final decision, shall be determined by a majority of all the Arbitrators. Each of the High Contracting Parties shall also name one person to attend the tribunal as its Agent to represent it generally in all matters connected with the arbitration.
Seite 336 - The decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three months from the close of the argument on both sides. It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the Arbitrators who may assent to it.
Seite 332 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Seite 157 - all naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign countries are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to nativeborn citizens.
Seite 337 - Each Government shall pay its own agent and provide for the proper remuneration of the counsel employed by it and of the arbitrator appointed by it, and for the expense of preparing and submitting its case to the tribunal.
Seite 298 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclusive political control of a district as well as actual settlement thereof sufficient to constitute adverse holding or to make title by prescription.
Seite 337 - It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the arbitrators who may assent to it. The decision shall be in duplicate, one copy whereof shall be delivered to...
Seite 338 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.