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United States-Nicaragua Canal Treaty

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 23, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 15.

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United States-Nicaragua Canal Treaty

— The United States has ratified by a vote of fifty-five to eighteen the proposed treaty with Nicaragua, whereby the United States will acquire a ninety-nine-year option on the Nicaraguan canal route and a naval base in the Gulf of Fonseca, for $3,000,000. The resolution has a provision that the United States does not intend to violate any existing rights in the Fonseca Gulf, of Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador. It is expected that the convention will immediately be ratified by the Nicaraguan government. The purpose of obtaining this canal route is to make it impossible for any other nation to parallel the Panama Canal.