This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...have so far proved unavailing. It is therefore possible that in time we may here have to face a situation 20 where we should be asked by prominent European powers to undertake the collection of claims as we once did in San Domingo. That we should be compelled so to act, however, by reason of our action in San Domingo ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...have so far proved unavailing. It is therefore possible that in time we may here have to face a situation 20 where we should be asked by prominent European powers to undertake the collection of claims as we once did in San Domingo. That we should be compelled so to act, however, by reason of our action in San Domingo is not at all evident. 25 In the first place, in order to make a precedent the general features of the present situation must be repeated. There must be a large defaulted debt; all efforts toward collection must have failed; agreements such as France and Belgium tried in San Domingo must have been broken; 30 even forcible means of collection should have been tried 1 New York Evening Post, February 27, 1905. first, as England and Germany tried them in Venezuela in 1903, i.e. by bombardment or other attack, before it is finally admitted that the collection of the revenue offers the sole avenue of escape. Even then we should not be forced 5 to act unless the country concerned is willing, as San Domingo is to-day. We could declare that, under such conditions, if the powers could not collect their debts by agreement or by bombardment, or other show of force, we would not occupy custom-houses to collect the debts, even 10 if our own citizens were involved. If our citizens were not involved, as they are to-day, we should have still another reason for declaring that we could not sacrifice our interests when we had nothing at stake. This latter stand would not be the most desirable, but it would be 15 perfectly allowable. Moreover, as John Bassett Moore has said, the United States is not forced to act in any case precisely as it has in another. Precedent is not so binding. "We deal with each case as it comes up."1 20 It is not likely that in t...
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