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Panama Canal Tolls, Papers on Dispute with U.K., 1913
Panama Canal tolls; Instruction of the Secretary of State of January, 17, 1913, to the American Chargé d’Affairs a London; and the British notes of
July 8, 1912, and November 14, 1912, to which it replies: n.a., 23p, n.p., n.d. (Lacks TOC & index. In the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, the U.S.
agreed with Great Britain that neither nation would attempt to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama with that canal being under its sole control.
When the time came to actually build a canal, the U.S. decided that the lack of sole control would make the project infeasible. It therefore sought to
reverse the terms of the 1850 treaty, and in 1901, under the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, Great Britain agreed to accede to the U.S. plan to
create and maintain under its sole control the Panama Canal. An important term of the 1901 treaty had been that the Panama Canal be open to ships of all
nations “without discrimination.” In this 1911-12 dispute, Great Britain claims that a toll schedule for the canal recently promulgated by the U.S.
administration giving exemption from canal tolls to American ships “engaged in coast-to-coast trade between U.S. ports” constituted discrimination
against the ships of other countries and thus violated the terms of Hay-Pauncefote. The dispute was finally settled under Pres. Wilson in 1914, when Wilson
convinced his own party members in Congress, despite strong opposition within the party generally, to repeal the exemption.)
Title:   Panama Canal tolls : instruction of the Secretary of State of January 17, 1913, to the American chargé d'affaires at London, and the British notes of July 8, 1912, and November 14, 1912, to which it replies.
OCLC Number:   856587593
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