...Congress passed unanimously certain resolutions respecting Cuba, including among them the following : Fourth — That the United States hereby disclaims...government and control of the island to its people. Why should not Congress at the present juncture pass a similar resolution respecting the Philippines?...

...true to the liberty -loving spirit of the Teller-Davis resolution, which declared respecting Cuba : That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition...government and control of the island to its people. The repudiation of this pledge to Cuba, he declared, would be "the climax of greed, . . . the doctrine...

...the said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. They also remembered that by the Treaty of Paris it was provided that the United States would assume...

...control over Cuba except for its pacification, and having asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people, although as between the United States and all foreign nations Cuba was treated as if it were conquered...

...Navy, in pursuance of the joint resolution of Congress passed April 20, 1898. This resolution declared "that the United States hereby disclaims any disposition...government and control of the Island to its people." Both by the rules of public law that apply to foreign territory seized and held as a conquest and by...

...» may be necessary to carry these resolutions * into effect. 4. That the*United States here- • by G ՘6 @2 7Cﳖ%0 e J eWh< | S z @ߒ W 1 _? 2 ~... 2 | O ? ` ^~ ཛg)[ [G> }^ { /f} _ VPa ̞ t>A 30 Stat. at L. 738. The adoption of this joint resolution wa» followed by the art. of April 2r>th,...

...disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said islands except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its...government and control of the island to its people.' " The resolutions favor the building of the Nicaragua canal, enlarging the militia of all states, and...

...pacification thereof." That pacification being accomplished, the United States, by its own declaration, was to leave the "government and control of the island to its people." Two years and more have passed, and a then friendly and cordial Cuba has become, in large measure,...

...the said Island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserted its determination when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the Island to its people. They also remembered that by the Treaty of Paris it was provided that the United States would assume...

...disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over paid island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts...government and control of the island to its people." Both by the rules of public law that apply to foreign territory seized and held as a conquest and by...