Centro-Amerika: Nach den gegenwärtigen Zuständen des Landes und Volkes, in Beziehung auf die Verbindung der beiden Oceane, und im Interesse der deutschen Auswanderung

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Vieweg, 1851 - Canals, Interoceanic - 256 pages
 

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Page 216 - be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama. In granting, however, their protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United
Page 212 - Britain Ira versing the said canal shall, in case of a war between the contracting parties, be exempted from blockade, detention, or capture by either of the belligerents; and this provision shall extend to such a distance from the two ends of said canal as it may hereafter be found expedient to establish. Art. 3.
Page 211 - the River San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any part 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
Page 216 - and Great Britain having not only desired in entering into this convention to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection by treaty stipulation to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the Isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the Interoceanic communications, should the same prove
Page 216 - to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the Isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the Interoceanic communications, should the same prove
Page 213 - object, shall be protected from the commencement of the said canal to its completion by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain from unjust detention, confiscation, seizure, or any violence whatsoever. Art. 4. The
Page 213 - when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation ; and that Ihey will "guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may
Page 211 - ship canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the River San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any part or place on the Pacific
Page 215 - the consent of the local authorities, and on such principles as accord with the spirit and intention of this convention ; and, if any persons or company should already have with any
Page 213 - parlies will use whatever influence they respectively exercise with any state, states, or Governments possessing or claiming possess, any jurisdiction or right over the territory which the said

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