Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

American  

[hey-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

Example Sentences

The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty was by no means the only evidence of a change of attitude on the part of Great Britain.

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

The exemption, he said, clearly violated the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty and there was nothing left to do but to set the matter right.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse

The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty would be executed as amended and no one would care a fig whether it was in its original form or not.

From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Van Dyke, John Charles

An Isthmian Commission, created by the United States in 1899, was ready to report upon a route when the second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty was concluded.

From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.

For this reason the term "all nations" in the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty can likewise only mean all nations, including the United States.

From The Panama Canal Conflict between Great Britain and the United States of America A Study by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)