Ostend Manifesto


noun
  1. a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.

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How to use Ostend Manifesto in a sentence

  • Immediately following this experience, and growing out of it, came the incident of the "Ostend Manifesto."

    Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner Robinson