Four Centuries of the Panama CanalH. Holt, 1906 - 461 pagini |
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appointed Arias army Arosemena Atrato River Bogotá Bogotá Government Britain British Canal Commission Canal Zone Caribbean Chagres Chagres River Chief Engineer city of Panama Clayton-Bulwer treaty coast Colombia Colombian Government Columbus concession Congress Constitution construction cost Culebra Darien declared effect elected enterprise established favour feet Ferdinand de Lesseps French Governor Granada guarantee Gulf Hay-Herran treaty Honduras Huertas interests interoceanic Island Isthmian Canal Isthmus of Panama Lake Nicaragua land Lesseps lock canal Magoon matter ment miles Minister Mosquito Mosquito Coast nation navigation negotiations November Ocean organised Pacific Panama route party Porto Bello ports practically President Amador proposed protection ratified recognised Republic of Panama revolution River San Blas San Juan River scheme sea-level canal Secretary Taft secure Senate Señor sent ships sovereignty Spain Strait surveys territory tion Treaty of 1846 United vessels Wallace Washington York
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Pagina 413 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control...
Pagina 186 - ... the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists : and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Pagina 413 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of the said canal...
Pagina 239 - The Republic of Panama agrees that the cities of Panama and Colon shall comply in perpetuity with the sanitary ordinances whether of a preventive or curative character prescribed by the United States and in case the Government of Panama is unable or fails in its duty to enforce this compliance by the cities of Panama and Colon with the sanitary ordinances of the United States the Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right and authority to enforce the same.
Pagina 398 - ... exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Pagina 389 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that, each shall enter into Treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States, as they may deem advisable, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this Convention, namely — that of constructing and maintaining the said Canal as a ship communication between the two Oceans for the benefit of mankind, on equal •terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Pagina 388 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Pagina 391 - ... 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 to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Pagina 387 - ... 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...
Pagina 81 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.