Panama-Canalen i 1912

119 TILLÆG II. HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TRACTATEN, AFSLUTTET DEN 18. NOVEMBER, 1901, MELLEM ENGLAND OG DE FORENEDE STATER Article I . The High Contracting Parties agree that the present Treaty shall supersede the afore-mentioned Convention of the 19th April, 1850. Article II . It is agreed that the canal may be constructed uner the auspi- ces of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corpora- tions, 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. Article III . The United States adopts, as the basis of the neutralization of such ship canal, the following Rules, substantially as embodied in the Convention of Constantinople, signed the 28th October, 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 en- tire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its 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. 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it.