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

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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Under this treaty she was bound by more onerous conditions with regard to a future Panama Canal than she is now under the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

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

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 Burton Jesse Hendrick

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 John Charles Van Dyke

Mr. Hay promptly renewed negotiations, which resulted in what is known as the second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Shelby M. Cullom

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