The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-06
TEXT OF THE CANAL TREATY
THE CLA YTON-BULWER CONVEN-
 zION IS ABROGATED.


 United States This Country Agrees to
 Adopt the Naturalization Rules of the
 suez Canai-To be Open to AllSvesseis
 tire Equality.
 Washington, Dec. 5.-The new Hay Pauncefote treaty providing for the construction of canal across the isth- mus of Panama which was sent to the senate yesterday, is as follows:
 The United States of America and His Majesty Edward, the VII, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the British dorlinions beyond the seas, King and Emperor of India, being desirous of facilitating the construction of ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by whatever route may be considered expedient, and to that end to remove any objection which may arise out of the convention of the nineteenth of April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton -Bulwer treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the government of the Unit ed States without impairing the gen eral principles of naturalization estab- lished in article 8, of that convention, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
 The president of the United States. John Hay,<secretary of state of the United States of America; and his maj esty Edward VII, of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British dominions beyond the seas, King, and Emperor of India, the Right Hon. Lord Pauncefote, G. c. B., G. c. M. G., his majesty's ambassador extra ordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States;
 Who, having communicated to each other their full powers which were found to be in due and proper form. have agreed upon the following ar ticles:
 Article 1.-The high contracting par ties agree that the present treaty shall supersede the aforesaid mentioned con- vention of the 18th of April, 1S50
 Article II-It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the government of the United States either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that subject to the provisions of the present treaty, the said government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal. 5 Article III-The United States adopts as a basis of the naturalization of such ship canal the following rules substan- tially as embodied in the convention of Constantinople, signed the 18th of Oc- tober, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez canal, that is to say:
 1.-The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules, on terms of entire equality so that there shall be no discrimina tion against any such nation, or it's citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
 1.-The canal shall never be blockad- ed nor shall any right of war be ex- ercised nor any act of hostility be com mitted within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.
 3-Vessels of war of belligerent | shall 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 l in accordance with the regulations in | force, and with only such intermission | as may result from the necessities of 1 the service.
 Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents.
 4-No belligerent shall embark or dis embark troops, munitions of war or Warlike materials in the canal except in ,ase of accidental hindrances of the transit and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dis patch,
 1.-The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within three marine miles of either end. Vessels OI War OL d UclllSSItHI SHdll llot l ,emain in such waters longer than lwenty-f four hours at any one time ex- ,epting in case of distress. and in such ,ase shall depart as soon as possible; mt a vessel of war of one belligerent ;hall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure of a vessel of var of the other belligerent.
 The plant, establishments, buildings, md all works necessary to the con- truction. maintenance and operation of he canal shall be deemed to be parts hereof for the purposes of this treaty, md in time of war, as in time of peace, hall enjoy complete immunity from at ack or injury by belligerents and from cts calculated to impair their useful ,ess S part of the canal
 Article IV-It is agreed that no hanre of territorial sovereignty or of nternational rela tions of the country IF countries traversed by the before canal shall affect the gen ral principle of naturalization or the litigation of the high contracting par ies under the present treaty. Article V-The present treaty shall o ratified by the president of the Unit