Panama Kanalen I 1912

and on the western Caribbean Coast of the Republic at certain points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. Article XXVI. This convention when signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the Contracting Parties shall be ratified by the respective Govern- ments and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington at the earliest date possible. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention in duplicate and have hereunto affixed their respective seals. Done at the City of Washington the 18th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and three. John Hay. (Seal) P. Bunau Varilla. (Seal) TILLÆG IV. CONSTANTINOPEL OVERENSKOMSTEN AF 29. OCTOBER, 1888, VEDRØRENDE DEN FRI BESEILING AF SUEZ-CANALEN. Article I. The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag. Consequently, the high contracting parties agree not in any way to interfere with the free use of the canal, in time of war as in time of peace. The canal shall never be subjected to the exercise of the right of blockade.