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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is plain that no nation could construct and guarantee the neutrality of the canal with a less degree of control than…”

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It is plain that no nation could construct and guarantee the neutrality of the canal with a less degree of control than was stipulated for in the Hay-Herran treaty.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that no nation could ensure the canal's neutrality without the specified control outlined in the treaty.

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