6 APPENDIX TO BRITISH COUNTER CASE. 



During the construction of the canal, Colombian products passing 

 over the Isthmian Railway from and to Colombian ports shall be 

 transported at the lowest rates which are charged for similar products 

 of the United States passing over said railway to and from the ports 

 of the United States; and sea salt, exclusively produced in Colombia, 

 passing from the Atlantic coast of Colombia to any Colombian port 

 on the Pacific coast, shall be transported over said railway free of 

 any charge except the actual cost of handling and transportation, 

 not exceeding one-half of the ordinary freight charges. 



ARTICLE V. 



The United States recognizes and accepts notice of the assignment 

 by the Republic of Panama to the Republic of Colombia of the right 

 to receive from the United States payment of $250,000 in American 

 gold in each year from the year 1908 to the year 1917, both inclusive, 

 such assignment having been made in manner and fonn as contained 

 in the treaty between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of 

 Panama bearing even date herewith, whereby the independence of 

 the Republic of Panama is recognized by the Republic of Colombia 

 and the Republic of Panama is released from obligation for the pay- 

 ment of any part of the external and internal debt of the Republic of 

 Colombia. 



ARTICLE VI. 



The Republic of Colombia grants to the United States the use of 

 all the ports of the Republic open to commerce as places of refuge for 

 any vessels employed in the canal enterprise, and for all vessels in 

 distress passing or bound to pass through the canal and seeking 

 shelter or anchorage in said ports, subject in time of war to the rules 

 of neutrality properly applicable thereto. Such vessels shall be 

 exempt from anchorage or tonnage dues on the part of the Republic 

 of Colombia. 



The Republic of Colombia renounces all rights and interests in con- 

 nection with any contract or concession made between it and any cor- 

 poration or person relating to the construction or operation of a 

 canal or railway across the Isthmus of Panama. 



ARTICLE VII. 



As soon as practicable after the exchange of ratifications of this 

 treaty and the contemporaneous treaties of even date herewith be- 

 tween the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, 

 and between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Panama, 

 the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia will 

 enter into negotiations for the revision of the Treaty of Peace, Amity, 

 Navigation, and Commerce between the United States of America 

 and the Republic of New Granada, concluded on the 12th day of 

 December, 1846, with a view to making the provisions therein con- 

 tained conform to existing conditions, and to including therein pro- 

 vision for a general treaty of arbitration. 



