New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
WILSON TICHTENS
CANAL NEUTRALITY
Airships Forbidden to
Descend or Rise in or
Pass Over Zone.
USE OF WIRELESS
ALSO PROHIBITED
Strict Regulations Proclaimed
for Belligerent Vessels in
Territorial Waters.

Washington. Nov. 1i.-President
Wilson issued proclamation to-day
to supplement the regulations Tor the
preservation of neutrality on the ran,
anna Canal and in the Panama Canal
Zone during the European war.
The proclamation extends its prom
billions to air craft, public or private,
Of bellgorent powers, which are Tor
hidden to rise from or descend upon
Canal Zone territory or TO pass
through the air spaces above" the iand
or water Of the zone. II also torbids
any use of wireless telegraph by bel
ligerent vessels within the zone 1urls-
diction. except on business IN connec-
tiOn with the canal.
Accompanying the proclamation IS an
agreement between the State Depart
ment and the Minister from Panama,
T.. A Morales, concluded OCTOBER ~
IL provides that hospitality extended IN
the waters Of the Panama Republic TO
a vessel in its service OF belllgereht
power shall serve 10 deprive such yes
sci of like hospitality in the Panama
Canal Zone for "A period oil three
months. and vice versa.
Bellgerent powers are forbidden by
the proclamation TO embark or dlsem-
bark troops, war munitions or warllhe
materials i'm the zone except IN case OF
necessity due to accident. Belllgerent
vessels are not to remain IN the Canal
Zone territorial waters longer than
twcnty-four hours at time, except
when in distress. and the old require
mcnt Of twenty-four hours between de-
partures Of opposing bclllgerent shlpS
is retained.
Only in case of actual distress and
TO make a vessel seaworthy may the
United States repair facilities and
docks be used by belligerent vessels
and the work must be done speedily
andcr SUPERVISION of canal authorities.
Except by special arrangement, there
shall not be at any one time more than
three war vessels of any one nation
including those of allies, in either ter
minal port or it's adjacent territorial
waters. or more than three such yes
sells in transit through the canal, or
more than six at one time IN all the
territorial waters of the Zone. When
opposing, belligerent ships are simuF
taneously present, the twenty-four-hour
rule Of departure must be observed
among them, order OF departure TO be
determined By order OF arrival, except
where circumstances make extensions
of stay permissible. A belligerent yes
sci must not leave within twenty-four
hours after departure of an adversary's
private vessel.
The proclamation defines a warship
as a public armed vessel commanded
by a duly commissioned government
officer with a crew under regular naval
discipline, the vessel being qualified by
armament and personnel to take often
sive action against the enemy's public
or private ships. Except as TO hospi-
tai ships, the same treatment is to be
given every vessel, belligerent or neu-
trail. armed or not, that does not fall
under this definition when 1t is en-
ployed by a belligerent power as a
transport, fleet auxiliary or otherwise
TO aid hostilities.
Passage through the canal is to be
accorded only upon written assurance
BY commanders of observance of regu-
lations. Belligerent ships are not to
revictual nor take on coal except as
may be strictly necessary. Prizes Of
war are to be governed by the same
rules.