...was, as stated in its opening paragraph, one in which the two Governments were to set forth and fix " their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by ship canal," etc, across the isthmus. The convention then proceeds to declare that neither of the Governments...

...APRIL 19, 1850. The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between...Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place...

...stating that the object of the treaty is to fix the views and the intentions of the contracting parties with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal...which may be constructed between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, by way of the river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua, Article I. of the treaty follows...

...Clayton-Bulwer-Vertrag. The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between...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...

...Clayton-Bulwer-Vertrag. The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between them, by setting forth and fixing in a 2) Der Scnui hatte hier die Bestimmung gefordert : It is agreed, however, that none of the immediately...

...July 5, 1850. The United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between...Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place...

...and neutralisation of a canal between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean proposed to be constructed by the way of the river St. Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua and Managua. In 1 88 1 the building of a canal through the Isthmus of Panama was taken in hand, but...

...July 5, 1850 THE United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between...Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place...

...intentions" of the contracting parties "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 or Managua, to any port or place...

...drawn to exclude any limitations of that sort. The preamble recites that the parties desired to fix 'in a convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by ship canal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.' The general description...