The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-01-24

the slOation End the Iecirfocai ihV'es', oHu
The progress which The re-essabI'shDent of
order and tranquility shall have made IN
France, shall agree 80 acknowledging thss
The motives which induced them 10 TINS inca
sure have ceased to exist. Bot Whatever
may be the result Of this delibcrstion, az the
places and positions occupied ty the allied
Iroops, shall, al tho expiration OF the term
oil FIVE years, be cvscusied without further
delay, aud restored 10 bis most Christian ma
icsiy or TO his heirs and successors.
AHr.VI The foreign troops, other than
those which shall form a part OF the
army OF occupation, shall eyaenaIc the French,
territory al tbe term fixed by article 9, OF The
military convention annexed 10 the present
treaty.
AR. VII. In all the countries which shall
change masters in virtue Of the present irea-
~ or the arrangements which shall be msdc
in pursuance OF II, there shall Le granted to
the inhabitants, natives or strangers, Of what
ever condition or nation they may be, space
of six years, reckoning from the exchange Of
ra,ifeations. 10 dispose if they shall think
proper, of their properly, and 10 retire Into
the country which they shall choose.
Arr. VIII. All the arrangements or The
treaty Of Paris of May so, 1914, relative to
The Countries ceded by this treaty, shall ap-
ply equally TO tho digere4 territories aud
districts ceeded Ivy the present treaty.
Arr. TX. The high contracting parties
having heard the several complaints Of the
non.execulon of the 10Th and following arii-
c!es Of the treaty Of May 30, .3l4, as well
as Of the additional articles OF the treaty sign
ed between Great Bi,ain and France, dcsir-
Gus OF rendering ss eiectual as possible tho
dispositions declared in those articles, and
having with that intent, determined, by two
separate conventions, the course 10 be pur-
sued by each Tor the complete execution of
the aforementioned articles, those TWO con.
yentions, as they shall be found annexed TO
the present treaty, shall have The same eject
az ii inserted ss original articles in il.
Arr. 4. All the prisoners made during
the continuance Of bostilities, as well as all
the hostages which may have been taken or
given, shall be restored with the shortest.de.
lay possible. II shall be the same with pris-
oncrs OF war made before the treaty Of May
so, 1919, and which had not been restored.
ART. A! The Treaty oi Paris OF the 6oth
OF May, 1914, and the final act of the Con-
gress OF Vienna. OF June 9, 1915, ate con-
hrmed, and shall be maiDtsined in all their
arrangements, which have not been modified
by the conditions OF this present treaty.
Ahr. XII. The present treaty, with the
conventions which anne Sed to il, shall be
ratified by single act, and the raiifcations
Of them shall be exchanged within the term
OF two months, or sooner If possible.
In faith Of which tie respective plcnipo.
ten,iaries have signed it, snd placed to i, The
seal Of their arms.
Done at Paris, Iov. 90, II. d. 1915.
RlCHELIEU,
(Sigued) METTERNICH,
WESSENBURG.
BY an addi,ionn! article, the parties agree
to join their forts 10 fleet complete and
universal abolition OF the Slave Trade and
for that pu' pose, by their ministers az the
courts OF London END Paris, 10 concert the
most effeclual measures for Obtaining the OBJ
ject.
On the same day, a, the same momen,,the
same treaty, with the same conventions and
articles annexed, was signed between
France and Great Britain,
F'ance and Prussia,
France and Russia.
Later from France.