America and the Canal TitleThe author, 1916 - Colombia |
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action Amador American arbitration armed force arrived assurance blackmail Bogotá Bunau Bunau-Varilla Canal Zone Cartagena chapter citizens Colom Colombian Government Colombian troops Colon Colonel Torres Commander Hubbard concession construction coöperation dated declared duty ernment evidence excerpt fact foregoing foreign Government of Colombia Granada guarantee Hay-Herran treaty Hay-Pauncefote treaty Herran honor independence interests Isth Isthmian waters Isthmus of Panama landing lombia mandatory of civilization ment Minister Nashville nations Navy negotiations neutrality Nicaragua November obligations October official documents Panama Railroad Panama Railway party peace President Wilson protect secession Province of Panama purpose ratify Republic of Colombia Republic of Panama Reyes Roose Roosevelt Administration route Secretary Hay secure the Canal seething with revolution Senate sent separatists of Panama so-called Republic solemn engagement sovereign sovereignty statement stipulated telegram territory tion Tobal tolls-exemption took the Canal Treaty of 1846 tribunal United Varilla velt violation warships Washington
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Page 207 - The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Page 98 - Nothing contained in this Convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign State; nor shall anything contained in the said Convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 72 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 368 - An act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
Page 223 - States guarantee, positively and efficaciously, to New 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 not be interrupted or embarrassed in auy 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.
Page 22 - Britain 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 the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 243 - ... or authorize any acts of reprisal, nor shall declare war against the other on complaints of injuries or damages, until the said party considering itself offended shall have laid before the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proofs, demanding justice and satisfaction, and the same shall have been denied, in violation of the laws and of international right.
Page 243 - If unfortunately any of the articles contained in this treaty should be violated or infringed in any way whatever, it is expressly stipulated that neither of the two contracting parties shall ordain or authorize any acts of reprisal, nor shall declare war against the other on complaints of injuries or damages, until the said party considering itself offended shall have laid before the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proofs, demanding justice and satisfaction,...
Page 366 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control...
Page 314 - ... be held up to gratify the whims, or out of respect to the governmental impotence, or to the even more sinister and evil political peculiarities, of people who, though they dwell afar off, yet, against the wish of the actual dwellers on the Isthmus, assert an unreal supremacy over the territory. The possession of a territory - fraught with such peculiar capacities as the Isthmus in question carries with it obligations to mankind. The course of events has shown that this canal can not be built...