Costa Rica-Panama Arbitration: Argument of Costa Rica Before the Arbitrator, Hon. Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States, Under the Provisions of the Convention Between the Republic of Costa Rica and the Republic of Panama, Concluded March 17, 1910, Volume 4 |
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Acquirer or Lessee Alcedo Antonio Archives of Costa Audiencia Bay of Almirante Blaeu Boca del Drago Boca del Toro Boruca boundary Bri-bris Cabécar Cacao grove canal Carreta Cartago Central America Changuinola chicha Chiriquí City of Cartago coast Colombia Cordillera Costa Rica D'Anville Doraces Dorados drainage basin Fernández Francisco geographical Golfito González Government of Costa Government of Nicaragua Governor grove in Barvilla grove in Matina Guatemala Guaymies Gulf of Dulce hills Indians Island José Lagoon leagues Lease León Limón López Majesty's Government Manuel María Miguel Mosquito mouth North Sea Pacific Panama Pedro Peralta Pérez persons port Punta Burica Punta Carreta Region of Costa Republic Rica and Especially River Chiriquí River Culebras River Estrella rocks Sáenz San Juan Señor Sixola stream Talamanca Tarire territory Tierra Firme Tiliri Tilorio tion Tiribí Tomás Transferrer or Lessor treaty tribe troop United Urén Valley of Matina
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Page 299 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing, that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 259 - ... with any State or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 263 - IX. The ratifications of this convention shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from this day, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done at Washington, the nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Page 298 - Whereas pursuant to certain articles of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States and the Republic of...
Page 312 - Rica is occupied or flooded; where there is an encroachment upon either of the said harbors injurious to Costa Rica; or where there is such an obstruction or deviation of the River San Juan as to destroy or seriously impair the navigation of the said river or any of its branches at any point where Costa Rica is entitled to navigate the same.
Page 295 - States should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this treaty, either by making unfair...
Page 258 - ... may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M. Clayton, Secretary of State of the United States, and Her Britannic Majesty on the Right...
Page 266 - ... to include the British settlement in Honduras, (commonly called British Honduras, as distinct from the State of Honduras,) nor the small islands in the neighborhood of that settlement which may be known as its dependencies.
Page 295 - ... should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in favor of the commerce of one of...
Page 294 - Isthmus, in its discretion, in closed bags, the contents of which may not be intended for distribution within the said republic, free from the imposition of all taxes or duties by the Government of Nicaragua; but this liberty is not to be construed so as to permit such individuals or companies, by virtue of this right to transport the mails, to carry also passengers or freight.