BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-12-16

at ito own cost or by gift or loan Of money
to individual or corporations, or through
subscription TO or purchase of stock or shs, es
and that, subject to the provisions of the
present treaty, the said government shall
have and enjoy oil the rights incident to
such construction, as we'll as the exclusive
right OF providing for the regulation and
management of the canal.
Article III.
The United States adopts a. the basis of
the naturalization Of such ship canal the
following rules substantially as embodied
in the convention OF OOnstantinople, signed
Oct. 2S, 1883, for the free navigation Of the
Susz Canal, that is to say:
The canal shall be free and open to
the vessels of commerce and Of war of all
nations observing these rules, on terms q
entire equality, 80 that there shall be no
discrimination against any such nation or
its citizens or subjects, 10 respect Of the
conditions or charges of traffic or otherwise.
Such conditions and charges of traffic shall
be just and equitable.
2 The canal shall never be blocksded.
nor shall any right of soay be EXERCISED or
any act Of hostility be- committed within
it. The Uaited States, however, shall be
at liberty TO maintain snch military police
along the canal as may be necessary to
protect it against lawlessness and dis.
order.
8. Vessels Of War Of belligerent shall
not rev,ctual nor take any stores in the
canal except so far as may be strictly
necessary; and the transiG of such vessels
through the canal shall be effected with the
least possible delay in accordance with the
regulations in force, and sCith only such
lnsoi .lfssssvs- laay issa,s iIo@ Cue ncuvs
sites OF the service. Prizes SHALL be in al
respects su' jsct to the same rules az vessels
Of sOar Of che belligerents.
No belligerens shall embark or dis
embark troops, munitions of war or warl,ke
materials in the canal except in case OIL
accidental hindraoce OF the transit, and in
such case the traDsit shall be resumed ,cith
all possible desparck.
B. The provisions Of this article shall
apply to waters adj +cent to the canal,
within three marine miles OF either end.
Vessels Of war of belligerens suall not
remain in such waters longer than twenty.
tour hours at any one time, except in case
of distress, and in such case shall depart as
soon as possible; bu: vessel of war OF one
helligerent shall not depart within twenty.
four hours from the departure Of vessel Of
war of the other belligerent.
9. The plant, establishments, buildings
and oil works necessary to the construction,
maintenance and operation of the canal
shall be deemed to be parts thereof for the
purposes OF this treaty, and in time of war,
az IN time OF peace, shall enjoy complets i'm.
nudity from attack or injury by belligereuts
and from acts calculated TO impair their use.
fuluess as part of the canal.
Article w.
It is agreed that no change of territorial
sovereignry or Of international relslions of
the country or countries traversed BY the
aforementioned canal shall affect the gen
eral principls OF neutralisston Of the obligs.
tion OF the high contract from the parr;es
under the present treaty.
Article v.
The present treaty shall be ratified by the
President OF the United States BY aud with
the advice and consent of the Senate thereof
and by His Britannia Majesty; aud the ratlfi.
cat ous shall be exchanged ct W .shir gton !
~s ~ A@vHsAVA - bu0 Ootttcob VUo1tUto bltuo
Within SIX mont.s from the date hereof, in
faith whereof the respective plenipos tiaries !
have signed tbs treaty and hersunto affixed |
their seals.
Done in duplicate at Washington, tho
l8.h day of November, in the year OF car |
Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.
(Sesll John Hay
(Seal) Pauncefote. |
Following 10 the letter OF President Roose.
veIt transmit ing the treaty to the Senan:
s.TO The Senate: transmit tor the advice
and consent of the Senate to it's ratification
3 convention signed Nov. 1S 1901, by the
Ie-psctive pie iipotentiaries Of the Uaitsd
States and Great Britain to facilitate the
construction Of . ship canal to connect the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans BY whatever
: may be considered espsdient, and to
that end to remove any objections which
nav arise out Of the convention Of April 10,
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