Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

American  

[hay-pawns-foot] / ˈheɪˈpɔns fʊt /

noun

1. an agreement (1901) between the United States and Great Britain giving the United States the sole right to build a canal across Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Etymology

Origin of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Named after J. M. Hay and Julian Pauncefote (1828–1902), English diplomat

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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

I have stated that I am not proud of the way I used Senator Smith's speech on the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty

She therefore signed the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with us in 1901, and a defensive alliance with Japan in 1902.

From From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy by John Holladay Latane

After entering the State Department, Mr. Hay at once directed his attention to the making of a new treaty with Great Britain and this resulted in the first Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Shelby M. Cullom

In the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty there is no specific reference to fortification.

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

In discussing the New Jersey campaign, he told me of the use that had been made by "someone" in the Wilson ranks of his Senate speech on the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty

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