Hearings on Rainey Resolution [H.R. 32, Relating to Inestigation of Attitude of U.S. in Recognizing Independence of Panama, Etc.]1918 - 736 pages |
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... amendment to the House bill , the Spooner bill is called there " amendment . " " Mr. SPOONER ( answering to Senator Morgan ) . If the Senator will allow me , as he uses my name and says I will not offer the amendment , does he mean that ...
... amendment to the House bill , the Spooner bill is called there " amendment . " " Mr. SPOONER ( answering to Senator Morgan ) . If the Senator will allow me , as he uses my name and says I will not offer the amendment , does he mean that ...
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... amendment , but before an amendment was drawn he ratified it . In great public emergencies we take territory . My understanding of this whole problem was this : That a treaty had been entered into by which Colombia agreed to take ...
... amendment , but before an amendment was drawn he ratified it . In great public emergencies we take territory . My understanding of this whole problem was this : That a treaty had been entered into by which Colombia agreed to take ...
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... amendments . Yet even before the Colombian Senate convened , the American minister to Colombia , on April 24 , 1903 ... amendment whatsoever . " Yet the Hay - Herran instrument itself provided that " the convention , when signed by the ...
... amendments . Yet even before the Colombian Senate convened , the American minister to Colombia , on April 24 , 1903 ... amendment whatsoever . " Yet the Hay - Herran instrument itself provided that " the convention , when signed by the ...
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... amendments by the Congress of the United States of Colombia by law July 18 , 1870. In the words of former Secretary of the Navy Thompson , addressing this very committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives , on January 20 ...
... amendments by the Congress of the United States of Colombia by law July 18 , 1870. In the words of former Secretary of the Navy Thompson , addressing this very committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives , on January 20 ...
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... amendment . The struggle then focused on the question of assent * * * . Thanks to our constant watchfulness , the amendment was known to us as soon as it was introduced in committee . Mr. Cromwell's brief goes on to say : At this ...
... amendment . The struggle then focused on the question of assent * * * . Thanks to our constant watchfulness , the amendment was known to us as soon as it was introduced in committee . Mr. Cromwell's brief goes on to say : At this ...
Common terms and phrases
Amador amendment American Arango arbitration Attorney authority BEAUPRE Bocas del Toro Bogota Bunau-Varilla cable canal company CHAIRMAN Colombian Government Colon Commander committee Compagnie Nouvelle concessions conferences consent consul Cromwell says Cromwell's December declared Department fact favor force foreign French Government of Colombia Granada HALL Hay-Herran treaty Herran honor House instructions Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus of Panama J. P. Morgan January KENDALL letter matter ment Minister Concha Minister Silva nations Navy negotiations Nicaragua bill Nicaragua Canal Nicaragua route November obtain October official Panama Canal Panama Railroad Panama route Paris party plea for fees present proposed question RAINEY ratification received Republic of Colombia Republic of Panama revolution Secretary Hay SECSTATE Senator Hanna Senator MORGAN sent sovereignty Spooner statement Sullivan & Cromwell telegram territory tion treaty of 1846 United Washington William Nelson Cromwell York
Popular passages
Page 98 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 95 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal...
Page 88 - ... exportation of any articles to the United States, or to His Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country...
Page 89 - ... but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of one power or under several.
Page 74 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists; and, in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 48 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a...
Page 90 - And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy without Knowing that the same is besieged or blockaded or invested, it is agreed that every vessel so circumstanced may be turned away from such port or place, but shall not be detained, nor...
Page 96 - States on the exchange of the ratification of this convention and also an annual payment during the life of this convention of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in like gold coin, beginning nine years after the date aforesaid. The provisions of this Article shall be in addition to all other benefits assured to the Republic of Panama under this convention.
Page 89 - It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens aforesaid to sail with the ships and merchandise before mentioned , and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy before mentioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy...
Page 88 - ... dominions of the other, there shall be given to them all assistance and protection, in the same manner which is usual and customary with the vessels of the nation where the damage happens; permitting them to unload the said vessel, if necessary...