Willmar tribune., 1900-12-26
.HAY-PAUnCEFoTE TREATY.
rext of Measure with Davis and For.
aker Amendments the clay
tOn-Bulver Convention.

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ton-Bulwer Convention.
Washin tcn,y Dec. 17.-Following is.
the text ;of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
as it will read after the Davis and Fora
ker amendments are finally adopted by
the senate:
Article 1T is agreed that the canal may
be constructed under the auspices OF the
government of the United states, e1tner o4
rectly at its own cost, or by gift or loan OF
money to individuals or corporations. OF
through subs bscription to or purchase ~
stock or shares, and that, sub5ect 10 tae
provisions of the present conventloh' tne
said government shall have and enjoy d4l
the rights incident to said construction as
we'll as the exclusive right of providing ior
canal
Art. 1.-THE high contracting parties, de-
string to preserve and maintain the gen
eral principle" of naturalization estap-
lished in article VIII. of the Clayton-Bul-
wer convention which is hereby suppressed
ed, adopt, as the basis of such neutraliza-
| ton, the following rules, substantially as
embodied in the convention between Great
Britain and certain other powers signed at
| Constantinople, on October %, 1883, for the
free navigation of the Suez Maritime canal,
that is to say:
/. The canal shall be free and open, in
time of war as in time Of peace, to the YES
sells of commerce and of war of all nations,
| on terms of entire equality, SO that tnere
| shall be no discrimination against any ma
| ton or it's citizens subjects In respect OF
| the conditions or charges of trathc, or
| otherwise.
| 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor
| shall any right of war be exercised nor any
act of hostility be committed within It,
3. Vessels of war of a belligerent snail
| not revictual nor take any stores in the
| canal except so far as may be strictly
| necessary; and the transit Of such vessels
| through the canal shall be effected with the
| least possible delay, in accordance with the
| regulations in force and with only such In
termission as may result from the neces-
| stiles Of the service.
| Prizes shall be in all respects subjected
| to the same rules as vessels of war of the
| belligerents.
| 4. No belligerent shall embark or disem-
bark troops, munitions of war or warlike
| materials in the canal except in case OF
| accidental hindrance of the transit, and in
| such case the transit shall be resumed with
| all possible dispatch.
| 5. The provisions of this article shall ap-
| ply to waters adjacent to the canal, within
three marine miles of either end. Vessels
of war of a belligerent shall not remain in
| such waters longer than "a hours at any
| one time, except in case of distress, and In
such case shall depart as soon as possible;
but vessel of war of one belligerent shall
not depart within "a hours from the de-
! parture of vessel of war of the other
| belligerent. 1t is agreed, however, that
none of the Immediately foregoing con-
ditlons and stipulations in sections
numbered l, g. 8, and of this ar
ticle shall apply to measures which
the United States may find it necessary to
take for securing, by its own forces, the
defense of the United States and the main
tenance Of public order.
6. The plant, establishments, buildings,
and all works necessary to the construc-
ton, maintenance, and operation of the
canal shall be deemed to be part Thereof,
| for the purposes of this convention. and in
time of war, as in time of peace. shall en-
| joy complete immunity from attack or in
jury by belligerents and from acts calcu-
lated to impair their usefulness as part of
the canal.
| Z. No Notifications shall be erected COM
manding the canal or the waters adjacent.
| The United States, however, shall be at
liberty to maintain such military police
along the canal may be necessary to pro-
| tect it against lawlessness and disorder.
Art. III.-The present convention shall be
| ratified by the president of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate thereof, and by her Britannia
majesty; and the ratifcations shall be ex-
changed at Washington or a London with
earlier if possible.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Clayton
Bulwer treaty, which the Foraker
amendment to the Hay-Pauncefotec con-
vention seeks to abrogate, was conclud-
ed between John NJ. Clayton and Henry
Lytton Bulwer, ting the United
States and Great Britain respectively,
on April 10, 1850. and proclaimed by
both nations on July of the. same
year. 1t was negotiated for the pur-
pose of facilitating the construction of
ship canal. and it's leading features
briefly are as follows:
Article I. The governments of the United
, States and Great Britain hereby declare
that neither the one nor the other will ever
obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive
control over the said ship canal; agreeing
that neither will ever erect or maintain any
Notifications comma anding the same, or in
the vicinity thereof
Art H. Vessels of the United States or
Great Britain traversing said canal shall
In case of war between the contra citing par
ties, be exempted from blockade, detention
or capture by either of the belligerents
Art. III. In order to secure the construc-
ton OF said canal the contracting parties
engage that If any such canal shall be un-
dertaken, then the persons employed in
making the canal, and their property used
Tor that object. shall be protected by the
government of the United States and Great
Britain from unjust detention, confiscation,
seizure or any violence whatsoever
Art. V. The contracting parties furthec
engage that when such canal shall have
been completed they will protect it from
interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation,
and that they will guarantee the neutrality
thereof, so that it may forever be open
and free
Art. VI. The contracting parties in this
convention engage to invite every state with
which both or either have friendly inter-
course to enter into stipulations with them
to the end that all other states may share
In the honor and advantage of having con-
tributed to the work of such general in
terest and Importance
Art. VIII. The governments of the
United States and Great Britain. to estab-
!ish general principle. hereby agree to
extend their protection to any other prac-
ttcable communication, whether by canal
or railway. across the isthmus which con-
meets North and South America.
ADOPTS A SUBSTITUTE.