APPENDIX TO BRITISH COUNTEB CASE. 7 



ARTICLE VIII. 



This treaty, duly signed by the High Contracting Parties, shall be 

 ratified by each according to its respective laws, and the ratifications 

 thereof shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. 



But it is understood that such ratifications are not to be exchanged 

 nor the provisions of this treaty made obligatory upon either party, 

 until and unless the aforesaid treaties between the Republic of Co- 

 lombia and the Republic of Panama, and between the United States 

 of America and Republic of Panama, bearing even date herewith, are 

 both duly ratified, and the ratifications thereof are exchanged simul- 

 taneously with the exchange of ratifications of this treaty. 



In witness whereof, We, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have 

 signed the present treaty in duplicate, in the English and Spanish 

 languages, and have hereunto affixed our respective seals. 



Done at the City of Washington, the 9th day of January, in the 

 year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nine. 



(Signed) ENRIQUE CORTES [SEAL] 



(Signed) EUHU ROOT [SEAL] 



