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Identifier: panamacanalinpic01abbo (find matches)
Title: Panama and the canal in picture and prose ..
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Abbot, Willis John, 1863-1934. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York (etc.) Pub. in English and Spanish by Syndicate publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the national defense has laid upon the shoulders of sisted that it was a violation of our pact with Greatthe people. That in theory they were right is Britain, and a breach of international comity. This, 363 364 PANAMA AND THE CANAL
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Photo itjj American Press Assti SPANISH MONASTERY AT PANAMA however, is an error. True, in the Clayton-Bulwertreaty of 1850, both the United States and GreatBritain expressly agreed not to fortify or assume anydominion over any part of Cen-tral America through which acanal might be dug. Btit thattreaty was expressly abrogatedby the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.In its first draft this lattertreaty contained the anti-forti-fication clause and was rejectedby the United States Senate forthat very reason. In its seconddraft the treaty omitted thereference to fortifications andwas ratified. Lord Lansdowne,one of the negotiators for theBritish government, explicitlysaid that he thoroughly under-stood the United States wished to reserve the right to fortify p;,„„,,^.p,„,„ ,.„„„„,the Canal. choco indian of It was so clear that no question of treaty obliga-tions was involved that the opponents of fortifica-tion early dropped that line of argument. The dis-cussion of the treaty in the S

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