The Panama Canal: An Elucidation of Its Governmental Features as Prescribed by Treaties; a Discussion of Toll Exemption and the Repeal Bill of 1914; and Other Pertinent ChaptersStar publishing Company, 1915 - 234 páginas |
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... question of fixing the tolls for the use of the canal . The crucial question was shall any ships be exempt from paying tolls ? So far as we are now able to judge , this question has been answered by Congress and the country , decidedly ...
... question of fixing the tolls for the use of the canal . The crucial question was shall any ships be exempt from paying tolls ? So far as we are now able to judge , this question has been answered by Congress and the country , decidedly ...
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... question : Some Americans wanted to favor ships as against the railroads regardless of the expense to be cast upon ... questions . As history , these mat- ters are decidedly new . In this work we shall only incidentally touch on the ...
... question : Some Americans wanted to favor ships as against the railroads regardless of the expense to be cast upon ... questions . As history , these mat- ters are decidedly new . In this work we shall only incidentally touch on the ...
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... question , and stand before the nations on the high pedestal of honor , fair- ness and impartial justice . We have shown that we are in our international dealings above all sordid and petty selfishness ; that our mission is to be an aid ...
... question , and stand before the nations on the high pedestal of honor , fair- ness and impartial justice . We have shown that we are in our international dealings above all sordid and petty selfishness ; that our mission is to be an aid ...
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... thought it to be of great value to print herein full excerpts from the speeches of Senators Root and O'Gorman in the late discussion in the Senate ; these make clear the questions at issue between the contending 6 PANAMA CANAL.
... thought it to be of great value to print herein full excerpts from the speeches of Senators Root and O'Gorman in the late discussion in the Senate ; these make clear the questions at issue between the contending 6 PANAMA CANAL.
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... questions at issue between the contending forces in Congress . It is the hope that what is herein preserved and presented may be useful , not only for the present , but in coming years when similar problems may disturb and vex our ...
... questions at issue between the contending forces in Congress . It is the hope that what is herein preserved and presented may be useful , not only for the present , but in coming years when similar problems may disturb and vex our ...
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Página 210 - 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.
Página 52 - Act to regulate commerce to own, lease, operate, control, or have any interest whatsoever (by stock ownership or otherwise, either directly, indirectly, through any holding company, or by stockholders or directors In common, or in any other manner) in any common carrier by water operated through the Panama Canal or elsewhere with which said railroad or other carrier aforesaid does or may compete for traffic...
Página 146 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as • ED.
Página 170 - 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.
Página 210 - 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.
Página 145 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control...
Página 210 - No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch.
Página 212 - 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.
Página 216 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Página 215 - ... during the life of this convention of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in like gold coin, beginning nine years after the date aforesaid. The provisions of this Article shall be in addition to all other benefits assured to the Republic of Panama under this convention. But no delay or difference of opinion under this Article or any other provisions of this treaty shall affect or interrupt the full operation and effect of this convention in all other respects.