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Identifier: americanaunivers08newy (find matches)
Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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in Europe, and conducted it with markedsuccess through the trying period of Garfieldsassassination and death. In March iS?^ President McKinley ap-pointed him Lnited States minister to England,-,.- • t-.. selection was declared by all withoutof party, to be most suitable. In.• wa? well received, and did much tobring about friendly understanding betweenEngland and the United States. His Londonexperience was also most valuable training forthe important position to which he was appointedin .August 1898, when he became secretary ofstav,-. Very few of those who had been at the^ • •■ ■ ■^•- • -^•-ment had dealt with so - as Secretary- Hay. and; Tiore thoroughly trained diplomats. At tne time of the Boxer outbreakin China, he was successful in obtaining justicefor the Chinese, and preserving the integrity ofthe Chinese Empire, in 1899 he directed the^ tes ambassadors at London. Berlin, St..:. and Paris to propose that each of:..^ . ,. .(.mments make a declaration in favor
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JOHN HAY. HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY — HAY of the open door policy in China. They wereinvited to give assurances: first, that there wouldbe no interference with any treaty port or vestedinterest; second, that the existing Chinese cus-toms taril¥ would be continued without discrim-ination and administered by Chinese olRcials;third, that there would be no discriinination inharbor dues and railroad rates. Italy and Japanwere afterward included in the negotiations. Notreaties were exchanged, but all the governmentsapproached pledged themselves by definite prom-ises to the open door policy. He also nego-tiated and signed the Hay-Pauncefote treaty(q.v.), and several reciprocity treaties, includingone with Cuba; gave support to The Hague Con-ference (q.v.), and induced the Powers demand-ing indemnity from Venezuela to refer the ques-tion to The Hague tribunal; and. in 1903. signedwithin forty-eight hours of each other a treatywith the Colombian government granting rightof way for the Panama ca

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