...basis on which the navigation of the canal anc the neutrality of the canal district shall rest, viz : 1. The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce anc war of all nations observing these rules on terms of entire equality s< that there shall be no...

...obligations to uphold "the general principle of neutralization" of the Panama Canal; to maintain it "free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of nil nations observing these rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination...

...signed the 28th [-jnth] October, 1SSS,5 for the free navigation of the Suez Canal, that is to say : 1. The canal shall be free and open to the vessels...Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall lie no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions...

...Hay-Pauncefote Treaty in this treaty, in article I. Now, the Hay-Pauncefote, amongst other things, provides that the canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations on terms of entire equality — entire equality. That provision would directly conflict...

...Neutrality Treaty in order that the Canal may be open to "peaceful transit by the vessels of all nations on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any nation." The obligation of Panama appears to be the same under both the Neutrality Treaty and under...

...it to be permitted by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, Article III, section 1, of which stipulates that— The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of...observing these rules, on terms of entire equality, to that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect...

...the United States is bound by treaty only with Great Britain and Panama it has adopted the rule that the Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and war of all nations who observe the rales which were established by Article III of the May-Pauncefote...

...(Paris, Lihrairie de droil el de jurisprudence, 1974), pp. 650-651. 90 The relevant paragraph read: "The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of...commerce and of war of all nations observing these Kules, on terms of entire equality, so lhal there shall be no discrimination against any such nation,...

...the Treaty of Versailles, and provided that "The Kiel Canal and its approaches shall be maintained free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations at peace with Germany on terms of entire equality." 203 The incident which gave rise to...

...ship-canal, the following Rules, substantially as embodied in the Convention of Constantinople — The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing the Rules, on terms of equal equality . . . the Canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right...