NAVIGATION OF THE SCHELDT.
An important agreement has been entered into with regard to the navigation of the fcchedlt. The river is to be perpetually free and open to all flags of all nations except warships, and this is to apply even in wartime. Vessels under way in the Lower Scheldt are not to be subject to any inspection or hindrance for any purpose whatsoever: a seizure cannot even be effected durin.' the passage of a. ship forming the sub° ject of a judgment, The agreement also states that the contracting • parties regard it as an essential principle that navigation on the. Western Scheldt and its entrances from the high seas as well as" on the part of the Scheldt below the harbour of Antwerp should at all times bo governed by the progress of marine construction and by the growing needs of navigation ' °
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 24
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NAVIGATION OF THE SCHELDT.
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 24
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