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Roosevelt Seeks Isthmian Canal Treaty After Colombian Rejection
The 1903 message urges Congress to ratify a Panama route canal treaty. It recounts Colombia's repudiation, Panama's revolution, and the United States duty to secure transit rights. It outlines terms granting a ten mile wide zone, railway and canal properties, tax exemptions, and naval protections for transit.
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Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Senate
House of Representatives
South America
Asia
Government
Department of Justice
United States
Post Office Department
State Department
St. Louis
Mexicn
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Alaska
Great Britain
Russia
Portland Canal
Mount St. Elias
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Elihu Root
Henry Cabot Lodge
George Turner
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England
Louis Amable Jette
Supreme Court of
Quebec
A. B Aylesworth
K. C
Toronto
London
Tongass Inlet
Wales
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Lynn Canal
Germany
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Venezuela
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Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
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General Land Office
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Bureau of Forestry
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Geological Survey
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Nicaragua
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Republic of
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Republic of Colombia
Cass and Seward
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Peru
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Costa Rica
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