Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

American  

[kleyt-n bool-wer] / ˈkleɪt n ˈbʊl wər /

noun

1. an agreement between the United States and Great Britain in 1850 guaranteeing that any canal built to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean across Central America would be jointly controlled, open to all nations, and unfortified.

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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

The dangerous voyage of the Oregon in 1898 completed the conviction of the United States that an isthmian canal must be constructed, and that the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was no longer adequate.

From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.

But already, before that appeared, negotiations had been set on foot between the United States and Great Britain with regard to the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon

The first obstacle to such a project lay in the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain.

From The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power by Fish, Carl Russell

There was the famous Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 regarding the Panama Canal; it was repudiated in 1880, and its history since is a history of broken agreements.

From Victory out of Ruin by Maclean, Norman

But they agreed with us in the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty that both should build and run the canal.

From A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge by Wister, Owen