The Panama Canal Tolls Controversy: Or, A Statement of the Reasons for the Adoption and Maintenance of the Traditional American Policy in the Management of the Panama Canal |
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... exclusively appropriated to any one nation , but should be extended to all parts of the globe upon the payment of a just compensation or reasonable tolls . " * * * The declaration by the then Secretary of State that the benefits of the ...
... exclusively appropriated to any one nation , but should be extended to all parts of the globe upon the payment of a just compensation or reasonable tolls . " * * * The declaration by the then Secretary of State that the benefits of the ...
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... exclusive claims by any nation whatsoever to the Strait of Magellan and would hold any nation responsible that might undertake by any pretext to lay any impost or check on the commerce of the United States through that strait . " The ...
... exclusive claims by any nation whatsoever to the Strait of Magellan and would hold any nation responsible that might undertake by any pretext to lay any impost or check on the commerce of the United States through that strait . " The ...
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... exclusive view . The ultimate object , as presented by the Senate of the United States in their resolution ( March 3 , 1835 ) , to which I have already referred , is to secure to all nations the free and equal right of passage Meaning ...
... exclusive view . The ultimate object , as presented by the Senate of the United States in their resolution ( March 3 , 1835 ) , to which I have already referred , is to secure to all nations the free and equal right of passage Meaning ...
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... exclusive privilege or preferential right of any kind in regard to the proposed communication , and their sincere wish , if it should be found practicable , was to see it dedicated to the common use of all nations on the most liberal ...
... exclusive privilege or preferential right of any kind in regard to the proposed communication , and their sincere wish , if it should be found practicable , was to see it dedicated to the common use of all nations on the most liberal ...
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... exclusive control of any isthmian transit route . Upon the other hand , he did not seek for his own country the exclusive control he denied to others , and in assuming his position he followed the universally accepted theory of the ...
... exclusive control of any isthmian transit route . Upon the other hand , he did not seek for his own country the exclusive control he denied to others , and in assuming his position he followed the universally accepted theory of the ...
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agreed amendment American Article VIII belligerent Britain British Bulwer treaty Canal Zone canals or railways charges of traffic Choate citizens and subjects Clayton Clayton-Bulwer treaty coastwise shipping coastwise trade Colombia commercially self-supporting Congress construction convention convention of Constantinople declared discrimination entire equality equal terms equality of treatment equitable established in Article exemption favor foreign Government Granada Hay-Pauncefote treaty High Contracting Parties honor imposed interest interoceanic Isthmus Isthmus of Panama John Hay levied Lord Lansdowne Lord Pauncefote Lord Salisbury mankind means ment Mosquito Coast negotiations obligations oceans Pacific Oceans Panama and Colon Panama Canal act Pauncefote treaty payment of tolls present treaty principle of neutralization privileges provisions question ratification repeal Republic of Panama revenue rules Secretary Hay secure Senator Davis ship canal sovereignty Suez Canal terms of entire territory tion tolls-exemption clause understood United United States Senate vessels engaged vessels of commerce waterway
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Page 172 - 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 95 - The Government of New Granada guarantees to the Government of the United States, that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama upon any modes of communication that now exist, or that may be, hereafter, constructed, shall be open and free to the Government and citizens of the United States...
Page 192 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
Page 187 - It against lawlessness and disorder. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary ; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay...
Page 185 - The United States of America and her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
Page 41 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 87 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Page 193 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the High Contracting Parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a Convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...
Page 100 - It is agreed that no change of territorial sovereignty or of the international relations of the country or countries traversed by the before-mentioned canal shall affect the general principle of neutralization or the obligation of the High Contracting Parties under the present Treaty.
Page 21 - ... that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable ; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of...