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They protected what was gained in the war from adroit efforts to put it all at risk again, through an untimely appeal to the noble principle of Arbitration.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid warns against jeopardizing gains from war through premature appeals to arbitration, advocating for careful consideration.
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I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.
That would be “jumping from the frying-pan into the fire,” indeed.