The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine: A Letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister of the United States at London Dated May 8, 1882, with Sundry Papers and Documents Explanatory of the Same, Selected from the Archives of the Department of StateU.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 - 203 pages |
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... views of the two governments may be harmonized in this matter . He therefore directs me to communicate to you , somewhat at length , the opinions entertained here respecting the traditional continental policy of the United States and ...
... views of the two governments may be harmonized in this matter . He therefore directs me to communicate to you , somewhat at length , the opinions entertained here respecting the traditional continental policy of the United States and ...
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... views , and it is but frank to state them , while Her Majesty's Government is not called upon either to admit or deny them . To considerations such as these Lord Granville , in his dispatch of November 10 , 1881 , answers that the ...
... views , and it is but frank to state them , while Her Majesty's Government is not called upon either to admit or deny them . To considerations such as these Lord Granville , in his dispatch of November 10 , 1881 , answers that the ...
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... views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by ship- canal 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 ...
... views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by ship- canal 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 ...
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... views with respect to that water communica- tion across Central America , which Great Britain must be almost as desirous as the United States to see established . I am disposed to think that the best way * * * of doing this is by a ...
... views with respect to that water communica- tion across Central America , which Great Britain must be almost as desirous as the United States to see established . I am disposed to think that the best way * * * of doing this is by a ...
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... views that the inclosed convention has been drawn up , its object being to exclude all question of the disputes between Nica- ragua and the Mosquitos ; but to settle in fact all that it was essential to settle with regard to these ...
... views that the inclosed convention has been drawn up , its object being to exclude all question of the disputes between Nica- ragua and the Mosquitos ; but to settle in fact all that it was essential to settle with regard to these ...
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Page 195 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 38 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 122 - ... long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws; and their goods and effects of whatever description they may be, whether in their own custody or...
Page 38 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.
Page 85 - Britain will use their good offices to settle such differences in the manner best suited to promote the interests of the said canal, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship and alliance which exist between the contracting parties.
Page 85 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 195 - 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 83 - Vessels of the United States or Great Britain traversing the said canal shall, in case of war between the contracting parties, be exempted from blockade, detention or capture by either of the belligerents; and this provision shall extend to such a distance from the two ends of the said canal as may hereafter be found expedient to establish.
Page 153 - The Commissioners so named shall meet in the city of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide the matters referred to them to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity ; and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings.
Page 37 - We conceive the question of the recognition of them as independent states to be one of time and circumstances. 3. We are, however, by no means disposed to throw any impediment in the way of an arrangement between them and the mother country by amicable negotiation. 4. We aim not at the possession of any portion of them ourselves. 5. We could not see any portion of them transferred to any other Power with indifference.