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ABTICLE I. 



There shall be mutual and inviolable peace and sincere friendship 

 between the Governments and peoples of the two High Contracting 

 Parties without exception of persons or places under their respective 

 dominion. 



ARTICLE II. 



In consideration of the provisions and stipulations hereinafter con- 

 lained it is agreed as follows: 



The Republic of Colombia shall have liberty at all times to convey 

 through the ship canal now in course of construction by the United 

 States across the Isthmus of Panama the troops, materials for war 

 and ships of war of the Republic of Colombia, without paying any 

 duty to the United States; even in the case of an international war 

 between Colombia and another country. 



While the said interoceanic canal is in course of construction, the 

 troops and materials for war of the Republic of Colombia, even in the 

 case of an international war between Colombia and any other country, 

 shall be transported on the railway between Ancon and Cristobal, or 

 on any other railway substituted therefor, upon the same conditions 

 on which similar service is rendered to the United States. 



The officers, agents, and employees of the Government of Colombia 

 shall, during the same period, be entitled to free passage upon the said 

 railway across the Isthmus of Panama upon due notification to the 

 railway officials and the production of evidence of their official 

 character. 



The foregoing provisions of this article shall not, however, apply 

 in case of war between Colombia and Panama. 



ARTICLE III. 



The products of the soil and industry of the Republic of Colombia, 

 such as provisions, cattle, etc., shall be admitted to entry in the Canal 

 Zone subject only to such duty as would be payable on similar 

 4 products of the United States of America under similar con- 

 ditions, so far as the United States of America has any right 

 or authority to fix the conditions of such importations. 



Colombian labourers employed in the Canal Zone during the. con- 

 struction of the canal, who may desire that their own families supply 

 them with provisions for their personal use, shall be entitled to have 

 such provisions admitted to the Canal Zone for delivery to them free 

 of any duty, provided that declaration thereof shall first have been 

 made before the commissary officers of the Isthmian Canal Com- 

 mission, in order to obtain previous permit for such entry, and subject 

 lo such reasonable regulations as shall be prescribed by the Com- 

 mission for ensuring the bona -fides of the transaction. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Colombian mails shall have free passage through the Canal Zone 

 and through the post-offices of Ancon and Cristobal in the Canal 

 Zone, paying only such duties or charges as are paid by the mails 

 of the United States. 



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