Panama Kanalen I 1912

115 Article III . In order to secure the construction of the said Canal, the con- tracting parties engage that, if any such Canal shall be undertaken upon fair and equitable terms by any parties having the authority of the local Government or Governments through whose territory the same may pass, then the persons employed in making the said Canal and their property used, or to be used, for that object, shall be protected, from the commencement of the said Canal to its completion by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain, from unjust detention, confiscation, seizure or any violence whatsoever. Article IV . The contracting parties will use whatever influence they re- spectively exercise, with any State, States or Governments pos- sessing, or claiming to possess, any jurisdiction or right over the territory which the said Canal shall traverse, or which shall be near the waters applicable thereto; in order to induce such States, or Governments, to facilitate the construction of the said Canal by every means in their power; and furthermore, the United Sta- tes and Great Britain agree to use their good offices, wherever or however it may be most expedient, in order to procure the esta- blishment of two free Ports,— one at each end of the said Canal. Article V . The contracting parties further engage that, when the said Ca- nal shall have been completed they will protect it from interrup- tion, seizure or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said Canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein, secure. Nevertheless, the Governments of the United States and Great Britain, in ac- cording their protection to the construction of the said Canal, and guaranteeing its neutrality and security when completed, always understand that, this protection and guarantee are granted condi- tionally, and may be withdrawn by both Governments, or either Government, if both Governments or either Government, should deem that the persons or company, undertaking or managing the