The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-04
PROCLAMATION
OF NEUTRALITY
Signed by President Wilson
Today at Noon and
Tells Acts For
bidden.
FRIENDLY TO ALL SIDES
Warning Nations Arc Our Friends
and We Must Not Give
Aid to Either
Side.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-President
Wilson signed the United States proc
lamatIon Of neutrality In the European
war at 1880 this afternoon. The
proclamation Of seven typewrItten
sheets was taken to the cabinet room
where the president affixed his sigma
ture, followed Immediately by Secre-
tary 5ryan's signature.
Tho proclamation declares neutral
ity with respect to Austria, Servla,
Germany, Russia and France, where it
states a state of war unhappIIy exists.
cd:
Whereas state Of war unhappiIy
exists between Austria-Hungary and
Servla and between Germany and
Russia and between Germany and
France; and whereas the United
States Is on terms Of friendship and
amity with the contending powers,
and with the persons inhahlting their
several donIniors;
And hcreas, the laws and treaties
Of the United States without lnterfer-
Ing with the free expression Of opln-
ion and sympathy or with the CONNER
ciaI manufacture or sale. Of arms or
munitions Of war, nevertheless i'm
pose upon all persons who may be
within their territory and jurisdiction
the duty Of an Impartial neutrality
during the existence of the contest;
and
Whereas II is the duty Of neutral
government not to permit or suffer the
making of its waters subservient to
the purpose Of war; now
Therefore, |, Woodrow Wilson, pres
dent Of the United States Of Amer
ica, in order to preserve the neutral
ity of the United States and Of its
citizens and Of persons within its ter
ritory and jurisdiction and to enforce
It's laws and treaties and in order that
all persons being warned of the gen
eraI tenor Of the laws and treaties of
the United States in this behalf and
Of the law Of nations, may thus be
prevented from any violation of the
Same, do hereby declare and proclaim
that by certain provisions Of the act
commonly known as the penal code Of
the United States the following acts
are forbidden to be done under severe
penalties within the territory and
Jurisdiction of the United States, to-
wit:
1.-Accepting and exercising COM
mission to serve either Of the said
beIIigerents by land Or by sea against
the other neIligerent.
2.-EnIisting or entering Into the
service of either Of the said beIIieer-
ents as a soldier or as a marine or
seaman on board Of any vessel of war;
letter Of r7arque, or privateer.
"3-Hiring or retaining another per-
son to enlist or enter himself in the
service Of either of the said beIIiger-
ents as soldier or as a marine, or
seaman on board Of any vessel Of war,
letter of nnarque, or privateer.
"4-Hirina another person to go be-
yond the limits Of jurisdiction Of the
listed as aforesaid.
"5-Hirine another person to go
beyond the limits of the United States
with intent to be entered into serv-
ice as aforesaid.
"6-Retainins another person to go
beyond the limits Of the United States
with intent to be enlisted as aforesaid.
"7-Retainins another person to go
beyond the limits Of the United States
with intent to be entered into service
as aforesaid.
(But the said act is not to be con-
strued to extend to a citizen or sub
iect of either beIIigerent who being
transientIy within the United States
shall on board of any vessel Of war,
which at the time of it's arrival with
in the United States was fitted and
equipped as such vessel Of war, en-
list or enter himself or hire or retain
another subject or citizen of the same
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