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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 2039 In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 6th dav of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine `hundred and fourteen [SEAL.] and of the indeipendenoe of the United States of America the one hundre and thirty-ninth. Woomrow WH.SON By the President: Ronnnr LANSING, Acting Secretary of State. Br ren Pnnsrnmrr or mn Umrnn Srxrns or Aimmca N<>v¤¤¤1>¤r 13.1914- A PROCLAMATION. N u 0 WHEREAS, the United States is neutral in the present wen and ·¤··,,i’>—t·Y·T,§¤·»T-¥¥'T“”' WHEREAS the United States exercises sovereignty in the land and ` waters of the Canal Zone and is authorized b its treaty with Pan- V¤L 33,P·2Zi4· ama of February twenty-six nineteen hundredy and four to maintain neutrality in the cities of Panama and Colon, and the harbors adjacent to the said cities: NOW, THEREFORE I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United ¢enDii»°ei1’in'°¤¤iin°ei*ne.-i° irriilgiil States of America, do hereby declare and roclaim the following{,",§&_" °‘ "““°'“° Rules and R ations Govern` the Use ofp the Panama Canal by Vessels of Be erents and thldliiaintenance of Neutrality by the United States in the Canal Zone, which are in addition to the general Emnm Ord"; "Rules and Regulations for the Operation and Naviggtion of the 1%-1990- Panama Canal and Approaches Thereto, including all aters under its djurisdiction" put into force by Executive Order of July 9, 1914, an I do bring to the attention of all concerned the Protocol of an Agreement between the United States and the Republic of Panama, PM, p_ ,0,,_ signed at Washington, October 10, 1914, which protocol is hereunto ' annexed. vmh 0, w_ RULE 1. A vessel of war, for the lpurposes of these rules, is defined as follows: a public armed vesse, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the {government, whose name appears on the list of officers of the military ect, and the crew of which are under regular naval discipline, which vessel is qualified by its armament and the character of its personnel to take offensive action against the public or private ships of the enemy. Om, vmm 0, M RULE 2. In order to maintain both the neutrality of the Canal and 1i:¤1·>¤¤ P¤w¤¤· that of the United States, owning and operating it as a government enterprise, the same treatment, except as hereinafter noted, as that given to vessels of war of the belligerents shall be given to every vessel, belligerent or neutral, whether armed or not, that does not fall under the definition of Rule 1, which_ vessel is employed by a belligerent Power as a transport 01* fleet allxlllafy 91: H1 any other way for the direct purpose of prosecuting or aiding hostilities, whether bg land or sea; but such treatment shall not be given to a vessel Htte up and used exclusively as a hospital ship. Permits governing Rule 3. A vessel of war of a bdliiprent, or a vessel falling underggse ¤¤¤¤z1¤ me Rule 2. which is commanded by an officer of the military ileet, shall ' only be permitted to pass through the Canal after her commanding officer has given written assurance to the Authorities of the Panama Canal that the Rules and Regulations will be faithfully observed. The authorities of the Panama Canal shall take such ste s as may be requisite to insure the observance of the Rules and Regul)ations by