Application to United States' Territories beyond the Seas. The provisions of this Convention shall extend and apply to any territory or territories pertaining to or occupied and governed by the United States beyond the seas only upon notice to that effect being given by the Representative of the United States at London, by direction of the Treaty-making power of the United States. ARTICLE V. Disposal of Real and Personal Property.—Most-favoured-nation Treatment. In all that concerns the right of disposing of every kind of property, real or personal, subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties shall, in the dominions of the other, enjoy the rights which are or may be accorded to the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. ARTICLE VI. Duration of Convention. The present Convention shall come into effect ten days after the day upon which the ratifications are exchanged, and shall remain in force for ten years after such exchange. In case neither of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years of the intention to terminate the present Convention, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given such notice. Separate Termination of Convention as regards Colonies or Foreign Possessions. Her Britannic Majesty or the United States shall also have the right separately to terminate the present Convention at any time, on giving twelve months' notice to that effect in regard to any British Colony, foreign possession, or dependency, as specified in Article IV, which may have acceded thereto. ARTICLE VII. The present Convention shall be duly ratified by Her Britannic Majesty and by the President of the United States, by and with the approval of the Senate thereof, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London or in Washington. In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty, and have hereunto affixed our seals. [536] 3 T Done in duplicate at Washington, the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. (L.S.) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. JOHN HAY. LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, &c., WHICH HAVE ACCEDED TO THE ABOVE CONVENTION UNDER ART. IV: TREATY BETWEEN No. 194. GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNICATION BY SHIP CANAL BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS. Signed at Washington, November 18, 1901. [Ratifications exchanged at Washington, February 21, 1902.] His Majesty Edward the Seventh, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas Kimg, and Emperor of India, and the United States of America, being desirous to facilitate the construction of a shipcanal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by whatever route may be considered expedient, and to that end to remove any objection which may arise out of the Convention of the 19th April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the "general principle" of neutralization established in Article VIII of that Convention, have for that purpose appointed as their Plenipotentiaries : His Majesty Edward the Seventh, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, and Emperor of India, the Right Honourable Lord Pauncefote, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States; and The President of the United States, John Hay, Secretary of State of the United States of America; Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Articles : ARTICLE I. Abrogation of Treaty of 1850. The High Contracting Parties agree that the present Treaty shall supersede the afore-mentioned Convention of the 19th April, 1850. 1 ARTICLE II. Construction of Interoceanic Canal. It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, 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. Rules for Navigation of Interoceanic Canal. 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: Canal to be open to War-ships and Merchant-vessels of all Nations.Most-favoured-nation Treatment. 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 entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or [536] 3 T2 charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable. Canal never to be Blockaded.-No Act of War, &c., to be committed within it. 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder. Revictualling and Transit of Belligerent Vessels. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay in accordance with the Regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necessities of the service. Prizes to be Treated as War-ships. Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same Rules as vessels of war of the belligerents. Embarking or Disembarking of Troops or Munitions of War by Belligerents in Canal. 4. No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war, or warlike materials in the canal, except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch. Application of Provisions of this Article to Waters within Three Miles of each end of Canal. 5. The provisions of this Article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within three marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not remain in such waters longer than twenty-four hours at any one time except in case of distress, and in such case shall depart as soon as possible; but a vessel of war of one belligerent shall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent. Immunity of Plants, Establishments, Works, &c., connected with Canal from attack or injury by Belligerents. 6. The plant, establishments, buildings, and all works necessary to the construction, maintenance, and operation of the canal shall be deemed to be part thereof, for the purposes of this Treaty, and in time of war, as in time of peace, shall enjoy complete immunity from attack or injury by belligerents, and from acts calculated to impair their usefulness as part of the canal. ARTICLE IV. Change of Sovereignty, &c., of Countries traversed by Canal not to affect Neutralization or obligations of High Contracting Parties. It is agreed that no change of territorial sovereignty or of the international relations of the country or countries traversed by the before-mentioned canal shall affect the general principle of neutralization or the obligation of the High Contracting Parties under the present Treaty. ARTICLE V. The present Treaty shall be ratified by His Britannic Majesty, and by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and thereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington, the 18th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one. CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES RESPECTING IMPORT DUTIES IN ZANZIBAR. Signed at Washington, May 31, 1902. [Ratifications exchanged October 17, 1902.] His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, acting in the name of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, and the United States of America, have, for the purposes hereinafter stated, appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, namely: His Britannic Majesty, Arthur Stewart Raikes, Esquire, His Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires; and The President of the United States of America, the Honourable John Hay, Secretary of State of the United States of America; Who, after having communicated each to the other their respective full powers in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles : |