The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-17
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the treatment of their persons and
their property Is concerned, be hela
in every respect on par with the
other persons mentioned in article
23. They shall accordingly. even alt
er the period provided for in article
20 has elapsed, be entitled to remain
and continue their profession in the
country OF their residence. Mer-
chants as well as the other persons
mentioned in article 90 may be ex-
Guided from fortified places or other
places of military Importance.
".Article aGermans in the Unit
ed States and Americans in Germany
shall be free to leave the country OF
their residence within the time and
by the rights that shall be assured to
them by the proper authorities. The
persons departing shall be entitie1
to take along personal property, IN
Guiding money, valuables and bank &C
counts excepting such property. ex-
portation of which is prohibited ac-
cording to general provision.
ARTICLE Protection OF Germans
n the United States and the Ameri-
cans in Germany and Of their prop
erty, shall be guaranteed in accord
ance with the laws existing in the
countries OF either party. They shall
he under no other restrictions con-
corning the enjoyment Of their private
rights and the judicial enforcement OF
their rights than neutral residents.
They may accordingly not be trans
| ferred to concentration camps, nor
shall their private property be sub
| ject to sequestratiOn or liquidation
or other compulsory alienation EXCEPT
| m case that under the existing laws
apply also to neutrals. As gem
eral rule German property In the
United States and American property
| in Germany shall not be subject to
sequestration or liquidation or other
compulsory alienation under other
conditions than neutral property.
ARTICLE Patent rights or other
protected rights held by Germans in
the United States or Americans IN
Germany shall not be declared void
nor shall the exercise OF such rights
be impeded, nor shall such rights oe
transferred to others without the con,
sent of the person entitled thereto,
provided that regulation made ey-
clusively in the interest Of state shall
apply.
".Article e-Contracts made be-
tween Germans and Americans either
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lomatic relations, also obligations Of
all kinds between Germans and Amer
leans, shall not be declared cancelled,
void or in suspension Of, except un-
der provisions obligable to neutrals.
Likewise citizens of either party shall
not be impeded in fulfilling their
liabilities, arising from such obliga-
lions either by injunction or by other
provisions. unless they apply to neu-
trails.
Article THE provisions Of the
sixth Hague convention relative 20
the treatment of enemy merchant
ships at the outbreak OF hostiliies
shall apply to the merchant vessels
OF either party and their cargo. The
aforesaid ships may not be forced to
leave port unless at the time they
be given a pass, recognized as bind
ing by all the enemy sea powers to a
home port or port of an allied
country OF to another port of the
country in which the ship happens to
be.
ARTICLE S-The regulations OF
chapter three of the eleventh Hague
convention relative to certain re-
strictions in the exercise Of the right
of capture in maratime war shall ap-
ply to the captains, officers and mem
bers Of the crews of merchant ships
specified in article seven and cf
such merchant ships as may be cap
tured in the course of a possible war.
Article 9-This agreement shall