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“...Convention respecting the free navigation of the
Suez Maritime Canal. *)
Signed at Constantinople, October 29, 1888.
In the Name of the Almighty God, Her Majesty the Queen
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress
of India; His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia;
His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and
Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of Spain,
and in his name the Queen Regent of the Kingdom; the President
of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His
Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg,
etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; and His
Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; wishing to establish, by
a Conventional Act, a definite system destined to guarantee at
all times, and for all the Powers, the free use of the Suez
Maritime Canal, and thus to complete the system under which
the navigation of this canal has been placed by the Firman of
His Imperial...”
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“...Nevertheless they may station vessels of war in the ports of
access of Port Said and Suez, the number of which shall not
exceed two for each power.
This right shall not be exercised by belligerents.
Article VIII.
The agents in Egypt of the signatory powers of the present
treaty shall be charged to watch over its execution. In case of
any event threatening the security or the free passage of the
canal, they shall meet on the summons of three of their number
under the presidency of their Doyen, in order to proceed to the
necessary verifications. They shall inform the Khedival government
of the danger which they may have perceived, in order that that
government may take proper steps to ensure the protection and
the free use of the canal. Linder any circumstances, they shall
meet once a year to take note of the execution of the treaty.
The last-mentioned meetings shall take place under the
presidency of a special commissioner nominated for that purpose
by the Imperial...”
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the Khedive, should find it necessary to avail themselves of the
exceptions for which this article provides, the signatory powers
of the Declaration of London shall be notified thereof by the
Imperial Ottoman government.
It is likewise understood that the provisions of the four
articles aforesaid shall in no case occasion any obstacle to the
measures which the Imperial Ottoman government may think it
necessary to take in order to ensure by its own forces the
defence of its other possessions situated on the eastern coast of
the Red Sea.
Article XI.
The measures which shall be taken in the cases provided
for by Articles IX. and X. of the present treaty shall not interfere
with the free use of the canal. In the same cases, the erection
of permanent fortifications contrary to the provisions of Article
VIII. is prohibited.
Article XII.
The high contracting parties, by application of the principle
of equality as regards the free use of the canal, a principle which...”
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