Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Control of the Canal by the United States is desirable: Gen. ref. - (a) Neutrality of canal better guaranteed by a single strong nation than by a joint protectorate. - (b) U. S. is its natural protector. - (1) By its situation. - (2) By the Monroe Doctrine: Rodrigues...
...Control of the Canal by the United States is possible. - (a)Clayton - Bulwer treaty is ineffective: Rodrigues. Esp. 226, 227; Hall, Int. Law, 294 - 297; Wharton, Digest, II, S 238. - (1) England has violated it. - (2) Conditions have changed. - (3) England raised no objections to proposed treaty of U. S. with Nicaragua...
...best method of U. S. control is by government ownership: Manson; Public Opinion, XIV, 298 (Dec. 31, 1892). - (a) For public interests. - (1) Complete monopoly should not be run for private profit. - (b) For commercial interests. - (1) Early completion. (2) Economic construction.- (3) Low tolls.-(c) For national interests. - (1) Foreign governments cannot meddle under pretext of protecting capital invested. - (2) U.S. will have undisputed right to canal as a strategic point...
...Cong., 1 Sess., No. 221. - (y) Company incorporated by Congress, 1889: Statutes at Large, XXV, 673. - (2) Scheme demonstrated to be plain and feasible: The "Nicaragua Canal," 18, 59.-(c) The present not a sincere private company attempt. - (1) Company too anxious for government aid and control: Sen. Rep. 50 Cong. 1 Sess...
...Government ownership of canal would be unwise. - (a) As an industrial policy. - (1) Gov. undertakings not economically conducted: Lalor's Cyclopedia, II, 572 - (x) Our political system. - (2) Open the door to fraud and corruption. - (b) As a foreign policy. - (1) No single country should control the canal: Sat. Rev. LVIII, 784, and Cleveland's Message (Dec. 8, 1885). - (x) An international affair. - (2) Seriously complicate our foreign relations: Nation, XXXIX, 496. - (x) England and Clayton - Bulwer Treaty. - (y) Other commercial powers interested. - (3) Would lead to acquisition of foreign territory - which is undesirable: Nation, XXXIX...