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Teddy Roosevelt: “If the arrangement is terminated, chaos will follow; and if chaos follows, sooner or later this Government may be…”

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If the arrangement is terminated, chaos will follow; and if chaos follows, sooner or later this Government may be involved in serious difficulties with foreign governments over the island, or else may be forced itself to intervene in the island in some unpleasant fashion.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that the termination of the current arrangement could lead to chaos and potential international conflict.

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