The Panama Canal Question: A Plea for ColombiaWestern Mail, Limited, 1903 - 43 pages |
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35th article 66 ARTICLE absolute sovereignty action affair American Government American Minister appear bian Bogota Canal Company Canal territory Cardiff city of Panama civilised civilized world Clayton-Bulwer treaty Colom Colombian Congress Colombian Government Colombian Minister Colombian territory complete and absolute concession Constitution cuteness Daily Express declaration duty established existence fomentation force foreign France free transit French Company Government of Panama Granada granted guarantee hastens to recognise Holy Alliance honour instigation interests international law Isthmus of Panama land troops Latin-American Manchester Guardian ment moral negotiations Nicaragua Nicaragua Canal Panama Canal Question parties perfect neutrality political positively and efficaciously Power President Roosevelt principles proclaimed property of Colombia prorogation province rebellion regard Republic of Colombia Republic of Panama revolt rights of Colombia secession Secretary Senate Seward sovereign sovereignty and property spoliation tion traffic transfer treaty of 1846 U.S. Minister United States Government Washington Government WESTERN MAIL
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Page 14 - 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 any future time while this treaty exists; and in consequence the United States also guarantees, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 14 - The United States of America and the Republic of New Granada, desiring to make as durable as possible the relations which are to be established between the two parties by virtue of this treaty, have declared solemnly, and do agree to the following points: 1st.
Page 14 - ... articles of this Treaty, the United States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the beforementioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other...
Page 20 - And, in order to secure to themselves the tranquil and constant enjoyment of these advantages, and as an especial compensation for the said advantages, and for the favors they have acquired by the 4th, 5th, and 6th articles of this treaty, the united States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada...
Page 20 - Government at the beginning of this administration the employment of armed force to fulfill its guarantees under the thirty-firth article of the treaty of 1846, in order to keep the transit open across the Isthmus of Panama. Desirous of exercising only the powers expressly reserved to us by the treaty, and mindful of the rights of Colombia, the forces sent to the Isthmus were instructed to confine their action to " positively and efficaciously" preventing the transit and its accessories from being...
Page 21 - The United States desires nothing else, nothing better, and nothing more in regard to the State of Colombia than the enjoyment, on their part, of complete and absolute sovereignty and independence. If those great interests shall ever be assailed by any power at home or abroad, the United States will be ready, cooperating with the Government and their ally, to maintain and defend them.
Page 20 - by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the beforementioned isthmus, with a view that the free transit from the one to the other sea, may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any 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 " — now the Republic of Colombia — " has and possesses over said territory.
Page 19 - ... exclusive in its character, and implies a right and duty to make it effective. There may be a joint protectorate engaged in by mutual convention of different States, but the protectorate itself must be a unit. The treaty with New Grenada of 1846 still remains in full force. If Great Britain should desire to be united with the Government of the United States in that guaranty, of course it would require the consent of the United States of Colombia and of this government, and a convention to that...
Page 31 - States in such zone and in the auxiliary lands and waters 'all the rights, power and authority . . . which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory ... to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority'.
Page 21 - Colombia, and will continue to maintain a perfect neutrality in such domestic controversies. In the case, however, that the transit trade across the isthmus should suffer from an invasion from either domestic or foreign...