CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY
\klˈe͡ɪtənbˈʊlwə tɹˈiːti], \klˈeɪtənbˈʊlwə tɹˈiːti], \k_l_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n_b_ˈʊ_l_w_ə t_ɹ_ˈiː_t_i]\
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A treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States in 1850, the negotiators being Secretary John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer. It related to establishing communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by means of a ship canal across Nicaragua. It forbade the exclusive control of communication by either party. Contradictory constructions have since been placed upon this treaty, and the claims are as yet unadjusted.
By John Franklin Jameson
