Political Frontiers and Boundary MakingMacmillan and Company, 1916 - 307 sider |
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Political Frontiers and Boundary Making (Classic Reprint) Col. Sir Thomas H. Holdich Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2015 |
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Side 198 - Greenwich, subject to the condition that if such line should anywhere exceed the distance of ten marine leagues from the ocean then the boundary between the British and the Russian territory should be formed by a line parallel to the sinuosities of the coast and distant therefrom not more than ten marine leagues, was it the intention and...
Side 198 - In extending the line of demarcation northward from said point on the parallel of the 56th degree of North latitude, following the crest of the mountains situated parallel to the coast until its intersection with the...
Side ix - The racial unit should as far as possible coincide with the geographical unit, especially if that racial unit has proved incapable of assimilation. (2) That in choosing a new political owner of any inhabited area, first consideration should be given to the capacity of the new owner to assimilate others. (3) That the features used for a frontier should be those where men naturally meet — " which is not on water-partings or mountain crests." So also a geographical writer, Miss Semple, in her " Influence...
Side 200 - Holdich has stated: [I]t is in this process that disputes usually arise, and weak elements in the treaties or agreements are apt to be discovered. Important features are found in unexpected positions, and a thousand points of local importance crop up which could never have been taken into account by the delimiters, whose definitions leave them unconsidered and unadjusted.
Side 139 - And of all these natural features}' a definite line of watershed carried by a conspicuous mountain ridge, or range, is undoubtedly the most lasting, the most unmistakable and the most efficient as a barrier!
Side 90 - With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and just principles acknowledged, WE COULD NOT VIEW ANY INTERPOSITION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPPRESSING THEM, OR CONTROLLING IN ANY OTHER MANNER THEIR DESTINY, BY ANY EUROPEAN POWER IN ANY OTHER LIGHT THAN AS THE MANIFESTATION OF AN UNFRIENDLY DISPOSITION...
Side x - ... of English life on the Atlantic slope, and the further fact of persistent contact with a lower status of civilization, resulted in a temporary return to primitive methods of existence, till the settlements secured an increase of population adequate for higher industrial development and for defence. A race boundary involves almost inevitably a cultural boundary, often, too, a linguistic and religionary, occasionally a political boundary. The last three are subject to wide fluctuation, frequently...
Side 28 - I send thee greeting; I know thy power and the vast extent of thine empire; I regard thee as my most cherished son. On my part thou must know that I have conquered China and all the Turkish nations north of it; thou knowest that my country is a magazine of warriors, a mine of silver, and I have no need of other lands. I take it that we have an equal interest in encouraging trade between our subjects.
Side 178 - Then followed a most expensive and unnecessary process of demarcating a straight line through this unwholesome wilderness, and the final result, which cost valuable lives as well as money, was no more useful than would have been attained by a rapid compass traverse and an artificial demarcation with piles of stones at intervals.
Side x - We may lay down the rule that the greater, more permanent, and deep-seated the contrasts on the two sides of a border, the greater is its significance ; and that, on this basis, boundaries rank in importance, with few exceptions, in the following order: racial, cultural, linguistic, and political.