...Articles : AET. I. The Governments of Great Britain and The United States hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said shipcanal, agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortications commanding the same,...

...stipulated : The Governments of the United States and Great Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for...in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonise, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any...

...deliberate fudge: The Governments of Great Britain and the United States hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control of the said Ship-Canal, agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding...

...isthmian canal and that neither would exercise "exclusive control" afterward. In the words of the treaty, "neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications...or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America."...

...attention of several foreign powers. In 1850, Britain and the United States agreed 'that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive contro1' over the canal to be built in Central America.194 However, in 1901 both countries signed a...