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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
The question whether or not the United States Government should construct fortifications commanding the entrances to the Panama Canal is one that must be determined by law or public policy. The law is set forth in the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, and while this does not in terms forbid the construction of fortifications, nevertheless, the principle of neutralization which is established by that treaty imposes on us certain obligations, and if those obligations set a bar to their construction we are morally bound to abstain from constructing them. If the treaty imposes no such obligation, then the question should be determined by policy. Which is the better policy, to construct them or not to construct them?
1 The italics are the author’s.
2 The italics are the author’s.
3 See Supplement, p. 123.
4 Inserted by Senate.
5 Stricken out by the Senate.
6 See Supplement, p. 127.
7 See Supplement, p. 130.
8 See Supplement, p. 123.
9 See Supplement, p. 121.
10 See Supplement, p. 108.
11 See Supplement, p. 106.
12 See Supplement, p. 108.
13 See Supplement, p. 118.
14 See Supplement (January, 1909), p. 26.
15 See Supplement, p. 116.
16 See Supplement, p. 114.