Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Debate for May 10, 1898."Resolved, That the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, in so far as it forbids the United States to assume control of the proposed Nicaragua Canal, should be abrogated...
Question: "Resolved, That the United States should construct and operate the Nicaragua canal...
Question: "Resolved, That the Nicaragua Canal should be owned and operated by the United States government...
Question: "Resolved, That the Nicaragua Canal should be owned and operated by the United States government...
...canal by the United States would be inexpedient.- (a) It would involve a breach of the Clayton. Bulwer treaty: L. M. Keasby in Annals of the Am. Acad. of Pol. Science, Jan., 1896, p. 21.- (b) No rights of exclusive control have been conceded to the United States by Nicaragua: S. Webster in Harper's Mag., vol. 87, p. 608, (Sept., 1893).- (1) The treaty of 1867 gave only the right to build the canal.- (c) European powers would not permit exclusive control by the United States: Woolsey in Yale Review, (Feb., '96).- (1) As is shown in England...