Panama Canal TollsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - 13 pages |
Common terms and phrases
abrogation agreed American ships Article VIII belligerent rights belligerent ships British build the canal Bulwer convention burden canal or railway canal tolls canal treaty Central America citizens and subjects citizens or subjects Clayton-Bulwer convention Clayton-Bulwer treaty concession consideration construction discrimination in favor easement England enjoy entire equality equal treatment equality of treatment exemption explicit language fortify the canal free and open Granada Hay-Pauncefote treaty high contracting parties immunity from attack impair Isthmus of Panama Lord Pauncefote maintain the neutrality Majesty's Government Mosquito coast most-favored-nation clause nations observing neutrality laid Nicaraguan route obli observing these rules Panama Canal Panama route Panaman vessels Pauncefote treaty present treaty principle of neutralization privilege provisions question Republic of Panama respect right to fortify rights incident rule of equality rules of neutrality sovereignty Suez Suez Canal terms of entire terms of equality territory tion transit treaty obligations United vessels of commerce vital interests warships Washington treaty
Popular passages
Page 2 - 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.
Page 5 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the 'general principle' of neutralization established in Article VIII.
Page 5 - ... (3) Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary ; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay...
Page 5 - 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.
Page 5 - 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 well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 5 - The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it.
Page 6 - It is agreed that no change of territorial sovereignty or of the international relations of the country or countries traversed by the before-mentioned Canal shall affect the general principle of neutralization or the obligation of the High Contracting Parties under the present Treaty.
Page 7 - 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 8 - Government desire to reserve the power of taking measures to protect the canal, at any time when the United States may be at war, from destruction or damage at the hands of an enemy or enemies.
Page 9 - The Government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon the Government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Weiland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion...