...The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any "Thayer, "Life and Letters of John Hay," II, 340-1. right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far...

...league. The Treaty of Constantinople (Art. n) also forbids the "erection of permanent fortifications." "The United States, however, shall be at liberty to...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder." Art. 3, § 2, of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. For the texts of these treaties, see Supp. to 3 AJ (1909),...

...any right n, of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed '•. ••*'•-* rn"^, 0 within it. The United States, however, shall be at...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder." As the Senate was to meet on the first Monday in December, no time was to be lost in getting the treaty...

...being very precise this time." The important clause in the Treaty now read : " The Canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised...United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain suck military police along the Canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder."...

...part of the canal. 7. No fortifications shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters adjacent. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder. Article III also stated that on ratification the United States and Great Britain would invite other...

...subjects in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. || 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. || 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so...

...subjects in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far...

...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...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder. 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far...

...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...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder. "3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so...

...menaced by war. This right was further explicitly recognized by the clause that the U nited States shall be at liberty to maintain such military police...necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder. To suppose that England, while holding Egypt, would permit the Suez Canal to be used by a hostile fleet...