1664 CANAL CONVENTION-NICARAGUA. Aueusr 5, 1914. thereof shall be exchanged at ran en Washington, tan pronto Washington as soon as possible. como sea osible. Si=¤¤°¤*•¤· In witness whereof the respec— En fe JL lo cual, nosotros les tive plenipotentiaries have signed respectlvos I-plenipotenciarios firthe resent treaty and have af- mamos y se amos. fixed) thereunto their seals. Done at Washinglton, in dupli- Hecho en duplicado en los idiocate, in the and Spamsh mas inglés y espanol, a los 5 dias languages, on the 5th ay of del mes de agosto de mil nove- August, m the year nineteen cientos catorce. hundred and fourteen. Wrnuau Jmmmes BRYAN [erm,.] EKILIAN0 Cnmonno [snan.] ¤,P(§g·f",:‘*;’,”,c_°‘g',';,§‘_;'j_§ And whereas, the adviceand consent of the Senate of the United <k¤·,m¤ H¤¤di¤¤¤¤¤· States to the ratification of the said Convention was §iven with the ‘°“'°°‘ following proviso: f‘PrmnZded, That, whereas, Costa ica, Salvador and`Honduras have protested ainst the ratification of the said Convention in the fear or belief that said Convention might in some respect impair existing rights of said States; therefore, it is declared by the Senate that in advising and consenting to the ratification of the said Convention as amen ed such advice and consent are given with the understanding, to be expressed as a part of the instrument of ratification, that nothing in said Convention is intended to affect anxlexisting right of any o the said named States;" d whereas, the said understanding has been accepted by the Government of Nicaragua; cb§;gj,§°°**°¤¤ °¤· And whereas, the said Convention, as amended by the Senate of the United States, has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washincgton, on the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine himdre and sixteen;
- "°°*’“"““°°· Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson President
of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention, as amended, and the said understanding to be made public, to the end that the same and every article an clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. ' Done at the Cit of Washington this twenty-fourth of June in the year ofy our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, [sm;.] and of the Inde ndence of the United States of America the one hundredw and fortieth. Woormow WILSON By the President: Ronmrr Lausmo, Secremry of State.
