Mr. SHIRLEY BENNasked if any arrangement had been entered into between Great Britain and the United States by which vessels belonging to Great Britain or the United States traversing the Panama Canal shall, in case of war, be exempt from blockage, detention, or capture by either of those countries?
§ Sir E. GREYIt is provided in Article 3 of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 18th November, 1901, that the canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised, nor any act of hostility be committed within it.