New Orleans Republican., 1872-12-14
to create an evident danger on their part to
ARTICLE XIV.


| vessels sail for port or place belonging to
| an enemy without knowing the same is be-
| seiged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed
!. that every vessel SO ciroumstanced may be
! turned away from such port or place, but
! shall not be detained, nor shall any part of
! her cargo if not contraband of war, be con-
! tiscated, unless, after q warning of such
/ blockade or investment from an officer COM
| manding a vessel of the bl0ckading forces,
| by an Endorsement of such officer on the
! papers of the vessel, mentioning the date
| and the latitude and longitude where such
! Endorsement was made, she shall again at
/ tempt to enter; but she shall be permitted
| to 60 to any other port or place she shall
| think proper. Nor shall any vessel of either,
| that may have entered into such port before
| the same was actually beseiged, blOckaded,
| or invested by the other, be restrained from
| quitting such place with her cargo, nor,
| if found therein after tbs reduction and
! surrender, shall such vessel or her
cargo be liable to confscation, but they
shall be restored to the owners thereof; and
/ if any vessel, having thus entered any port
| before the blockade took place, shall take
| on board cargo after the blockade be es-
| tablished, she shall be subject to being
| warned by the bloCkading forces to return
to the port blockaded and discharge the
| said cargo, and if, after receiving the said
| warning the vessel shall persist in going
| cut with the cargo, she shall be liable to
| the same consequences as vessel attempt
ing to enter blockaded port after being
warned off by the blOckading forces.
ARTICLE xy.
! The liberty of navigation and commerce
| secured to neutrals by the stipulaUions of
| this treaty shall extend to all kinds of mer-
chandise, excepting those only which are
! distinguished by the name of contraband Of
war. And. in order to remove all causes of
| Il uUIN
| ject the contracting parties expressly agree
| and declare that the following articles, and
| no others, shall be considered as COmpre-
| hended under this denomination
| l. Cannons, mortaTs, howitzeTs, swivels,
| blunderbusses, muskets, fusees, rifles, car
! binGs, pistols, pixies, swords, sabres, lances,
| spears, halberds, bombs, grenades, powder,
matches, balls, and all other things belong
! ing to, and expressly manufactured for, the
use of these arms.
| 2. Infantry belts, implements of war and
! defensive weapons, clothes cut or made up
in a military form and for military use.
| }. Cavalry belts, war saddles aud boil
| sters.
4. And generally all kinds of arms and
| instruments of iron, steel brass, and cop
| per, or of any other materials manutac-
| tured, prepared, and formed expressly to
make war by sea or land
| ARTICLE XVI
1t shall be lawful for the citizens of the
| United States and for the subjects of the
| Kingdom of Italy, to sail with theiE ships
| with all manner of liberty and security, no
| distinction being made who are the pro
prietOrs of the merchandise laden thereon,
| from any port to the places of those who
| now are, or hereafter shall be, at enmity
| with either of the contracting parties. 1t
! shall likewise be lawful for the citizens
| aforesaid to sail with the ships and mer-
| chandise before mentioned, and to trade
| with the same liberty and security from the
| places, ports, and havpns Of those who are
enemies OF both or either party without any
opposition or disturbance whatever, not
only directly from the places Of the enemy
before mentioned to neutral places, but also
from one place belonging to an enemy to an
other place belonging to an enemy, whether
they be under the jurisdiction of one power
or under several; and il is hereby stipulated
that free ships shall also give freedom to
goods, and that everything shall be deemed
to be free and exempt from capture which
shall be found on board the ships belonging
to the citizens of either of the contracting
parties, although the whole lading or any
part thereof should appertain to the enc
mics of the other, ontraband goods being
always excepted. It is also agreed, in like
manner, that the same liberty be extended
to persons who are on board of free ship;
and they shall not be taken out OF that free
ship unless they are officers or soldiers, and
in the actual service of the enemy; pro
vided, however, and it is hereby agreed,
that the stipulations in this article con
tanned, declaring that the flag shall cover
the property, shall bo understood as apply
ing to those powers only who recognize this
principle, but if either of the two contract
ing parties shall be at war with third, and
the other neutral, the flag of the neutral
shall cover the property of enemies whose
governments acknowledge this principle,
and not Of others.
ARTICLB XVII.
All vessels sailing under the flag of the
United States, and furnished with such pa
pers as their laws require. shall be regarded
in Italy as vessels OF the United States, and,
reciprocally, all vessels sailing under the
flag of Italy, and furnished with the papers
which the laws of Italy require, shall be
regarded in the United States as italian
vessels. -
ARTICLE XVIII.
In order to prevent all kinds of disorder
in the visiting and examination of the ships
and cargoes of both the contracting parties
on the high seas, they have agreed, mutu-
ally, that whenever a vessel OF war shall
meet with a vessel not of war of the other
contracting party, the first shall remain at u
convenient distance, and may send its boat,
execute the said examination Of the papers,
concerning the ownership and cargo OF the
vessel without causing the least ext0rti0D,
violence or i'll treatment: and it is expressly
agreed that the unarmed party shall in no
case be required to 90 on board the eXamin-
ing vessel for the purpose of exhibiting his
papers, or for any other purpose whatever.
ARTICLE XIX.
1t is agreed that the stipulations contained
in the present treaty, relative to the visit
ing and examining of a vessel, shall apply
onlv to those which sail without q convoy;
and when said vessels shall be under con-
WOW the verbal declaration of the COM
mander of the convoy, on his word of honor,
that the vessels under his protection belong
to the nation whose flag he carries, and
when bound to an enemy's port; that they
have no contraband goods on board, shall
be sufficient.
ARTICLE XIX.
In order effectuallY to provide for the
security of the citizens and subjects of the
contracting parties, it is agreed between
them that all commanders OF ships of
war Of each party, respectively, shall be
strictly eni0ined to f0rbear from doing any
damage to, or committing any outrage
against, the citizens or subjects of the
other, OF against their vessels or property;
and if the said commanders shall act con
trary to this stipulation, they shall be Sc
yerely punished, and made answerable in
their persons and estates for the satisfaction
ana reparation of said damages, Of what
ever nature they may be.
ARTICLE XXI.
If by any fatality, which can nOt be ex-
pected, and which may God avert, the two
contracting parties should be engaged IN