New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-25
to create an evident danger On their part to
attempt it..
ARTICLE XIV.

to create an evident danger on their part to
attempt it,.
ARTICLE XIV.
And whereas it frequently happens that
vessels sail fora port or place belonging to
| an enemy without knowing the same Is be-
| seiged, blockaded, or invested, lit is agreed
that every vessel SO Circumstanced may be
| turned away from such port or place, but
| shall not be detained, nor shall any part OF
| her cargo, if not coRtraband of war, be con-
! iscated unless after warning of such
| blockade or investment from an officer com
handing a vessel of the bIoCkading 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 shall
| think proper. Nor shall any vessel OF either,
| that may have entered into such port before
| the same was actually beseiged, bl0ckaded,
! or invested by the other, be restrained from
| quitting such place with her cargo, nor,
| if found therein after thu 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 a cargo after the blockade be eg-
tabIished, she shall be subject TO being
| warned blythe 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 going
out with the cargo, she shall be liable to
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 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
doubt and misunderstanding upon this sub
ject, the contracting parties expressly agree
and declare that the following articles, and
no others, shall be considered as compre-
heDded under this denomination
|. CannOns, mOrt8rs, hoWitzefs, swivPIs,
blunderbusses, muskets, tusees, rifles, car
bines, pistols, pixies, swords, sabres, lances,
spears, halberds, bombs, grenades, powder,
matches, balls, and all other things belong
ing to, and expressly manufaC tured for, the
use of these arms.
9 Infantry belts, implements of war and
defensive weapons, clothes cut or made up
in military form and for military use.
B. Cavalry belts, war saddles and boil
sterg.
A. And generally all kinds Of arms and
instruments Of iron, steel, brass, and cop
per, or of any other materials manufao-
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 their ships
with all manner of liberty and security, no
distinction being made who are the pro-
% No, J,l1
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 Ravens 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
trom.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 Iading or any
part thereof should apperJain to the enc
mics of the other, contraband goods being
always excepted. 1t 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
vidcd, however and it is hereby agreed, |
that the etipulations in this article CON
tanned, declaring that the flag shall cover
the property, shall be 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 a 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
ARTICLE 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, |
all vessels sailing under the |
flag of Italy, and furnished with the papers |
which the laws of Italy require shall be |
in the United States as Italian |
vessels.
ARTICLE XVIII
In order to prevent all kinds of disorder
in the visiting aid examination of the ships |
and cargoes Of both the contracting parties |
on the high seas, they have agreed, mutu-
ally, that whenever q vessel of war shall |
meet with a vessel not Of war of the other |
party, the first shall remain at a |
distance, and may send its boat, |
with two or three men only, in order to !
execute the said examination Of the papers,
the ownership and cargo of the |
vessel, without causing the least ext0rtiOn,
violence or i'll treatment and it is expressly |
agreed that the unarmed party shall in no |
nase be required to go on board the examin-
ing vessel for the purpose Of exhibiting his
papers, or for any other purpose whatever
ARTICLE XIX.
1t is agresd that the stipulations contained
IN the present treaty, relative to the visit
ing and examining of vessel, shall apply |
Only to thOse which sail without a convoy; |
and when said vessels shall be under CON
Toy the verbal declaration of the com
nander 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
nave no contraband goods on board, shall
Be sufficient.
ARgTcLE Xxx 49,
In order effectually to provide for the
security of the citizens and subjects of the
parties, it is agreed between
hem that all commanders of ships of
var of each party, respectively, shall be
strictly enjoined to forbear from doing any
lamage TO, or committing any outrage
gainst, the citizens or subjects of the
,ther, or against their vessels or property;
md if the said commanders shall act CON
rary to this stipulation, they shall be Sc