New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-21
to create. an evident danger on their part to

vessels sail for port or place belonging to |
an enemy without knowing the same ls be- |
seiged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed |
that every vessel so cireumstanced 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-
fscated, unless, after q warning OF such
blockade or investment from an othcer COM
manding a vessel of the blOckadmg 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 go to any other port or place she SHAH
| 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 th9 reduction and
surrender, shall such vessel or her
| cargo be liable to oonfscation, 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 Dc es.
| tablished, she shall be subject to beng
warned by the blockading forces to return
to the port blockaded and discharge the
said cargo, and it, after receiving the SAID
warning the vessel shall persist IN gong
out with the cargo, she shall be haoie 10
| the same consequences as a vessel attempt
ing to enter blockaded port after being
warned off by the blockading forces.
ARTICLE XIV.
The liberty of navigation and commerce
secured to neutrals by the stipulations OF
this treaty shall extend to all kinds of mer.
chandise, excepting those only which are
distinguished by the name OF contFaoand o.
war And, in order to remove all causes OF
doubt and misunderstanding upon this sub
ieCt, 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, Tnort8rs, howitzers, .swlyels,
blunderbusses muskets, fusees, rifles, car
bines, pistols, pixies, swords, sabres, lanoes,
spears, halberds, bombs, grenades powder,
matches, balls, and all other things belong
ing to, and expressly manufactured toF, the
use of these arms.
9 Infantry belts, implements Of war and
| defensive weapons, clothes cut or made up
in a military form and for military use.
g. Cavalry belts, war saddles and boil
sters.
4. And generally all kinds of arms and
instruments of iron, steel, brass, and cop
per, or of any other materials manutao-
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 thor 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 enmltY
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
F places, ports, and Ravens of those who are
enemies Of both or either party without any
oDposition 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 it 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 apper1ain to the enc
mics of the other, contraband goods being
always excepted. It is also agreed, IN ike
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
f ship unless they are officers or soldiers, and
| in the actual service of the enemy; pro
f | yided however, and it is hereby agreed
) that the stipulatOns in this article con
7 | tanned, declaring that the flag shall cover
. the property, shall be understood as apply
: ing to those powers only who recognize this
1 principle, but if either Of the two contract
g | ing parties shall be at war with third, anC
: the other neutral, the flag of the ncutra
shall cover the property OF enemies whose
governments acknowledge this principle
and not of others.
. ARTICLE XVII.
All vessels sailing under the flag of tht
: United States, and furnished with such pa
t pers as their laws require shall be REGARDED
in Italy as vessels of the United States, and
{ reciprocally all vessels sailing under thu
9 flag of Italy, and furnished with the paper
r which the laws of Italy require, shall b.
9 regarded in the United States as Italian
b | vessels.
q ARTICLE XVIII.
r In order to prevent all kinds of disorde
! in the visiting and examination of the ship
d and Cargoes of both the contracting partie
r on the high seas, they have agreed, mutu
aIIy, that whenever vessel OF war shal
y meet with a vessel not of war OF the othe
:. contracting party, the first shall remain at
Ii | convenient distance, and may send It's boat
a | with two or three men only, in order t
# execute the said examination of the papers
Is concerning the ownership and cargo OF tn
J. vessel, without causing the least extOrtiOE
If violence or i'll treatment and it Is expres5l
n agreed that the unarrned party shall IN n
e case be required TO GO on board the eXamII
ing vessel for the purpose OF exhibiting HI
papers, or for any other purpose whatever
ARTICLE XIX.
g It is agreed that the stipulatious containe
V in the present treaty, relative to the vIsI
O. ing and examining of 8 vessel, shall apPi
n Oniv to those which sail without a convoy
70 and when said vessels shall be under cor
Y vow the verbal declaration OF the CON
e mander of the convoy, on his word OF homo
l. that the vessels under his protection belon
ia to the nation whose flag he carries, an
e when bound to an enemy's port; that the
3 have no contraband goods on board, she
n be sufficient.
ARTICLE XIX,
In order effectuaIIy to provide for til
r security of the citizens and subjects of th
a contracting parties, it is agreed betwee
u | them that all commanders OF ships {
= war of each party, respectively, shall b
', strictly enjoined to fOrbear from doing an
d damage to, or committing any outrag
against, the citizens or subjects of tn
other, or against their vessels or property
and if the said commanders shall act col
g trary to this stipulation, they shall be ST
g verely punished, and made ansWerable i
8, their persons and estates for the satisfaction
n and reparation of said damages, of what
IT ever nature they may be.
= ARTICLE XXI.
i If by any fatality, which can not be e1
,4cj which NAV Gnd the tW-