...dissemination of Tory ideas in this country wish to reflect upon the good faith of our nation. It says that 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 of such nations or...

...is very clear. It has been quoted, but I would -like to recall it to the attention of the Chamber. "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 he no discrimination against any such nation, or its...

...1888, for the free navigation of the Suez Canal, that is to say: 1. The canal shall bo free and opon 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...

...United States." The clause in the second treaty regarding the rights of nations reads as fo)Jows : " The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and war of all nations which shall agree to observe these rules, on terms of entire equality ; so that...

...claiming that the Panama Canal Act violates the following provision of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty : " The canal shall be free and open to- the vessels of...commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules, on terniP of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or...

...ratified contained no references to fortifications. The existing Hay-Pauncefote treaty stipulates that ''the canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and war 37 of all nations"; but the United States is the sole guarantor of the neutral use of the water-way...

...the matter be brought before the Hague Tribunal. The exact words of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty are: "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." To maintain that this means "all nations other than the United States,"...

...United States and any other country whatsoever.' "And then it goes on to say, as the first rule : '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...

...of war as in time of peace to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations," a stipulation that the canal shall "be free and open to the vessels of commerce and war of all nations observing these rules," without the addition of the words "in time of war as in...

...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 entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its...