Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912 - Office of the Historian

Panama Canal tolls; exemption of vessels in the coastwise trade of the United States from payment of tolls, and other features of the Panama Canal act of August 24, 1912; objections thereto of the British Government

[658] The President to Congress.

December 21, 1911

File No. 811f.812/296.

[659] The British Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

British Embassy,
Kineo, Maine, July 8, 1912.

File No. 811f.812/300.

[660] The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

American Embassy,
London, July 15, 1912.

File No. 811f.812/304.]

[661] Panama Canal Act: “An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal, and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone” (Signed by the President August 24, 1912.)

[August 24, 1912]

[662] The British Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

British Embassy,
Washington, August 27, 1912.

File No. 811f.812/320.

[663] The Assistant Secretary of State to the British Chargé d’Affaires.

Department of State,
Washington, August 30, 1912.

File No. 811f.812/320.

[664] By the President of the United States of America.

[seal.] Done at the City of Washington this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-seventh.

[665] The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain to the British Ambassador.

Foreign Office, November 14, 1912.

File No. 811f.812/355.