The Panama Canal Conflict betxveen Great Britain 

 and the United States of America. A Study by 

 L. Oppenheim, M.A., LL.D., Whewell Professor of 

 Internatio7ial Laiv in the University of Cambridge, 

 Member of the Institute of Internationa/ Law. 



Crown 8vo. Second edition, pp. iv + 5S. Price 2s. bd. net. 



Exti^act prom the Preface 



This study had been written before the diplomatic corre- 

 spondence in the matter was available and without further 



information than that which could be gathered from the 

 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, the 

 Hay-Varilla Treaty, the Panama Canal Act, and the Memo- 

 randum which President Taft left when signing that Act. 

 Hence, the reader is presented with a study which is abso- 

 lutely independent of the diplomatic correspondence, and he 

 can exercise his own judgement in comparing my arguments 

 with those set forth /ro et contra the British interpretation of 

 the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty in the despatches of Sir Edward 

 Grey and Mr Knox. 



Times. — It contains a lucid statement of the British case ; of the bearing of 

 the controversy on the practice of the United States respecting the 

 relations between International Law and their Municipal Law ; and of 

 the position with regard to arbitration and the British American Arbi- 

 tration Treaty. 



Scotsma?t. — It is a thoughtful and instructive study of as interesting a case as 

 ever came up in the long history of international law, and will prove 

 profitable reading to students on both sides of the Atlantic who wish to 

 reach well-founded views of the interpretation of the clause in the Hay- 

 Pauncefote Treaty that has given rise to the dispute. 



Economist. — The Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge 

 discusses the legal aspects of the Panama Canal controversy, and argues 

 against the contention of President Taft that the words "all nations" 



mean all foreign nations This well-written little book deserves to 



be widely read. 



Cambridge Review. — Professor Oppenheim's authoritative pronouncement on 

 the subject is of much interest and importance. The exemption of 

 vessels engaged in the coasting-trade of the LTnited States from the pay- 

 ment of tolls raises two vital questions. How far will it damage our 

 shipping-trade ? Does it involve a breach of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty ? 

 Prof. Oppenheim does not concern himself with the first question, 



which is economic rather than legal But the breach of a treaty is in 



itself a serious matter, and the second question must therefore be faced 

 whatever answer is given to the first. Prof. Oppenheim has dealt with 

 it in a lucid and, in our opinion, conclusive manner. 



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