The Panama Canal: Readings on Its HistorySCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection. |
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... fleet of the United States is a matter of much more . consequence than its precise position . Not that position is of less than great importance . The Russian battle - fleet would have been much better placed in the Far East than in the ...
... fleet of the United States is a matter of much more . consequence than its precise position . Not that position is of less than great importance . The Russian battle - fleet would have been much better placed in the Far East than in the ...
Page 176
... fleet to the Canal is that of every fleet to a port that has back of it no immediate resources , and must be supplied from home ; for instance , the relation of the Brit- ish fleet to Gibraltar . The fleet keeps open the communica ...
... fleet to the Canal is that of every fleet to a port that has back of it no immediate resources , and must be supplied from home ; for instance , the relation of the Brit- ish fleet to Gibraltar . The fleet keeps open the communica ...
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... fleet in pass- ing out from behind them to engage a waiting hostile fleet outside , provided the shore guns are mounted in advance of , or abreast , the point where the ship channel joins the open sea . Even if somewhat retired from ...
... fleet in pass- ing out from behind them to engage a waiting hostile fleet outside , provided the shore guns are mounted in advance of , or abreast , the point where the ship channel joins the open sea . Even if somewhat retired from ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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1st Sess agreement Ambrose W Article authority Board of Trade California Canal Zone Chagres Chiriqui Clayton-Bulwer Treaty coast Colombia Colon Colonel Goethals commerce Committee concession Cong Congress constitution construction convention cost Costa Rica defense economic employees engineer excavation favor feet fleet foreign Government Granada grant Hay-Pauncefote Treaty House ibid interests interoceanic canal Isthmian Canal Isthmus of Panama Lafond Lake Nicaragua land Latin America lock canal Maritime ment miles military nations naval navigation Navy negotiations neutrality Nicaragua Canal Nicaragua route ocean officers Panama Canal Commission Panama Canal Company Panama Canal Treaty Panama Railroad Panama route Panamanian parties political ports President proposed protection question ratification relations Republic of Panama resolution River road San Juan San Juan River sea-level canal Secretary Senate ship railway sovereignty Suez Canal Tehuantepec territory Thompson tion Torrijos transit United vessels Washington York