Diplomatic History of the Panama Canal: Correspondence Relating to the Negotiation and Application of Certain Treaties on the Subject of the Construction of an Interoceanic Canal, and Accompanying Papers, Page 19 |
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... effect of the amendment can best be understood by reference to the inclosed copy of the articles of the treaty , Nos . I and VI , which , assuming that the United States Government would undertake all the obligations imposed by Article ...
... effect of the amendment can best be understood by reference to the inclosed copy of the articles of the treaty , Nos . I and VI , which , assuming that the United States Government would undertake all the obligations imposed by Article ...
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... effect of which might be to interfere with the liberty and the entire security of the navigation . The situation which would be created by the addition of the new clause is deserving of serious attention . If it were to be added , the ...
... effect of which might be to interfere with the liberty and the entire security of the navigation . The situation which would be created by the addition of the new clause is deserving of serious attention . If it were to be added , the ...
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... effect of war upon treaties , and suspend its operation as between us and the enemy . So that during its continuance the canal and the waters adjacent within the 3 - mile limit would not as between us and Great Britain be neutral ground ...
... effect of war upon treaties , and suspend its operation as between us and the enemy . So that during its continuance the canal and the waters adjacent within the 3 - mile limit would not as between us and Great Britain be neutral ground ...
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... effect of this " project " you will at once set me right . If they propose a new draft as a counter- project , as I am now expecting , this may not be important , but at any rate I would like to have your views a little more fully and ...
... effect of this " project " you will at once set me right . If they propose a new draft as a counter- project , as I am now expecting , this may not be important , but at any rate I would like to have your views a little more fully and ...
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... effect that some clause should be inserted providing for the contingency of a change in sovereignty . It did not seem to me necessary , and for that reason I hoped that it might not be insisted on . But if it should seem indispensable ...
... effect that some clause should be inserted providing for the contingency of a change in sovereignty . It did not seem to me necessary , and for that reason I hoped that it might not be insisted on . But if it should seem indispensable ...
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accept agreed amendment AMERICAN LEGATION approval arbitration assembly Beaupré Bogota boundaries Britain British Canal Company Canal Zone Choate citizens clause Clayton-Bulwer treaty Colombia and Panama Colombian Government Colombian minister Colon commerce concession Congress consider consideration construction convention desire draft duty ELIHU ROOT ENRIQUE CORTES ernment Estados Unidos excellency exchange favor February foreign affairs Government of Colombia Hay-Herran treaty Hay-Pauncefote treaty high contracting parties honor inclose interoceanic canal Isthmus of Panama January JOSÉ VICENTE CONCHA Jurado Lord Lansdowne Lord Pauncefote Majesty's Government March March 17 matter memorandum ment Minister Dawson minister for foreign nations necessary negotiations neutrality November obligation Pacific Panama Canal payment plenipotentiary present treaty proposed protocol provisions question railroad railway ratification received referred relations Republic of Colombia Republic of Panama República de Panamá respect Secretary Root Senate Señor ship canal signed sovereignty stipulations Telegram territory thereof tion tolls United vessels Washington words
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Page 50 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 296 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 273 - 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 336 - Act approved August twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes...
Page 294 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 293 - 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 336 - Canal is being operated in the interest of the public and is of advantage to the convenience and commerce of the people, and that such extension will neither exclude, prevent, nor reduce competition on the route by water under consideration...
Page 51 - India, being desirous to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by whatever route may be considered expedient...
Page 577 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may...
Page 487 - ... articles of this treaty, the United States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus...