The Panama Canal: An Elucidation of Its Governmental Features as Prescribed by Treaties; a Discussion of Toll Exemption and the Repeal Bill of 1914; and Other Pertinent Chapters |
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... Grant and Canal . 21 V. Hay - Pauncefote Treaty 23 VI . France and the Isthmus . 30 VII . Securing the Route .. 34 VIII . Panama Treaty or Charter . 39 IX . Buying French Rights .. 44 X. Toll Exemption Act .. XI . XII . Senate Committee ...
... Grant and Canal . 21 V. Hay - Pauncefote Treaty 23 VI . France and the Isthmus . 30 VII . Securing the Route .. 34 VIII . Panama Treaty or Charter . 39 IX . Buying French Rights .. 44 X. Toll Exemption Act .. XI . XII . Senate Committee ...
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... Nicaragua did not have absolute sovereignty , how could she grant us a complete legal franchise ? It thus appears , in 1850 , that our nation began to seriously at- tempt to conquer the isthmus by the way of a 15 III Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
... Nicaragua did not have absolute sovereignty , how could she grant us a complete legal franchise ? It thus appears , in 1850 , that our nation began to seriously at- tempt to conquer the isthmus by the way of a 15 III Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
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... grant- ing , however , their joint protection it is always under- stood that the parties , constructing or owning the said canal or railroad , shall impose no other charges or con- ditions of traffic than the said governments shall ap ...
... grant- ing , however , their joint protection it is always under- stood that the parties , constructing or owning the said canal or railroad , shall impose no other charges or con- ditions of traffic than the said governments shall ap ...
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... graphically described in Bunau - Varilla's great book on Panama , bearing the date of 1913. This work is comprehensive and a storehouse of canal his- tory . CHAPTER IV . GENERAL GRANT AND THE CANAL . Ulysses 20 PANAMA CANAL.
... graphically described in Bunau - Varilla's great book on Panama , bearing the date of 1913. This work is comprehensive and a storehouse of canal his- tory . CHAPTER IV . GENERAL GRANT AND THE CANAL . Ulysses 20 PANAMA CANAL.
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... GRANT AND THE CANAL . Ulysses S. Grant was the most successful of Ameri- can generals , hence the greatest American general ; for in war nothing counts but success ; the struggle from " start to finish " is always for victory . What had ...
... GRANT AND THE CANAL . Ulysses S. Grant was the most successful of Ameri- can generals , hence the greatest American general ; for in war nothing counts but success ; the struggle from " start to finish " is always for victory . What had ...
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