Title

Note Regarding Panama Canal Tolling, February 1913

Authors

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Document Type

Memorandum

Files

Date

2-1913

Keywords

Panama Canal, Favored Nation status, Great Britain, canal tolls

Description

The document is a handwritten note by the Assistant Secretary of State giving favored nation status to Great Britain in the matter of Panama Canal tolls.

Corresponds to:

Folder 1-12, Document 3

City

Washington, D.C.

Transcription

Department of State.

Office of

The Assistant Secretary.

[My files HW]

[We say to all the world that any nation that observes the rules we [adopt and] prescribe may have favored nation treatment in the use of our canal.]

[We declare to Great Britain our determination to prescribe the rule of equality - favored nation treatment -]

[as the condition that shall govern the world's use of our canal. By the Convention in which this is done]

Language

English

Rights Statement

Please contact the Myrin Library Special Collections Department for permissions to use this document. https://www.ursinus.edu/library/archives-special-collections/

Recommended Citation

Huntington-Wilson, Francis Mairs, "Note Regarding Panama Canal Tolling, February 1913" (1913). Notes, Speeches, Articles, and Addresses. 13.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_speeches/13