THE KEY OF THE PACIFIC: THE NICARAGUA CANAL |
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... interests would be affected by the Canal . - The reader will find in these pages the results of an examination of the problem in all its varied bearings- mechanical , commercial , and political — made on the ground and in the study ...
... interests would be affected by the Canal . - The reader will find in these pages the results of an examination of the problem in all its varied bearings- mechanical , commercial , and political — made on the ground and in the study ...
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... interest was naturally revived in the question of providing an alternative route , safer , more rapid , and less costly , to that round Cape Horn , or across the wild country and passes of the Rockies . The result was the construction ...
... interest was naturally revived in the question of providing an alternative route , safer , more rapid , and less costly , to that round Cape Horn , or across the wild country and passes of the Rockies . The result was the construction ...
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... Interest during construction , eight years , on moneys as required Say , in round figures 3,750,000 £ 23,182,000 2,320,000 £ 25,502,000 10,440,000 £ 35,942,000 £ 36,000,000 A portion of the Chagres river has been utilized for the canal ...
... Interest during construction , eight years , on moneys as required Say , in round figures 3,750,000 £ 23,182,000 2,320,000 £ 25,502,000 10,440,000 £ 35,942,000 £ 36,000,000 A portion of the Chagres river has been utilized for the canal ...
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... Interest during construction , eight years , on moneys as required Say , in round figures 2,320,000 £ 25,502,000 10,440,000 £ 35.942,000 £ 36,000,000 A portion of the Chagres river has been utilized for the canal , which , for some ...
... Interest during construction , eight years , on moneys as required Say , in round figures 2,320,000 £ 25,502,000 10,440,000 £ 35.942,000 £ 36,000,000 A portion of the Chagres river has been utilized for the canal , which , for some ...
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... interests lie." This clause was held by him to be an " entangling alliance," inconsistent with the declared public policy of the United States. It was this objection which led to the concessions of Nicaragua and Costa Rica to private ...
... interests lie." This clause was held by him to be an " entangling alliance," inconsistent with the declared public policy of the United States. It was this objection which led to the concessions of Nicaragua and Costa Rica to private ...
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Strana 216 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Strana 211 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Strana 212 - Britian 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.
Strana 214 - ... between the two oceans, for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Strana 187 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Strana 223 - Panama grants to the United States the use of all the ports of the Republic open to commerce as places of refuge for any vessels employed in the Canal enterprise...
Strana 216 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Strana 245 - Company"; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States...
Strana 185 - We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Strana 182 - 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.