Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 38 Part 2.djvu/809

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PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 2011 isriggedtogoundersail, andma alsobe ro lledb steam wer, then with half the quantity of ebral whiehpshliewouldy be entitggd to receive, if dependent ugggn steam alone, and no coal shall be again siépphed to angosuch s p of war or privateer in the same or any 0 er port, har r, roadstead, or waters of the United States, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from_ the time when such coal may have een last supplied to her

 the waters of the United States, unless such ship of war or

privateer shall, since last thus supplied, have entered a port of the government to which she belongs. S And I do further declare an proclaim that the statutes and the s•$‘.“me§'K&°?u°’ °° treaties of the United States and the law of nations alike require that

n, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States,

take part, or mdirectly, in the said wars but shall remain at {peace with of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict an impartial neutrality. O { In And I do hereby enjoin all citizens of the United States, and all ¤q°$$i°°°° ° ” pjersons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the nited States, to observe the laws thereof, and to commit no act contrary to the provisions of the said statutes or treaties or in violation of the law of nations in that behalf. mm . , And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United States, and all §{- ml’°“"' sons or being within its territory or jurisdiction that, w e the free an full expression of S`§DP8i»lZI.16S in public and private is npt by the laYsw<;f£.1hebcmted Statics, military forees aid o a `erecntcannota y origina oro wif its jurisdiction; and that, while all persons may la d without ,,§""“""“‘° °' ""· restriction by reason of the aforwaid state of war manufacture and sell within e United States arms and mumtions of war and other articles ordinarily known as " contraband of war", yet they cannot carry such articles upon the high seas for the use or service of a belligerent, nor can they transport soldiers and officers of a belligerent or attempt to break any blockade which may be lawfully esta and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of hostile gpftum and the penalties denounced by the law of nations in that be . And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of the United States N¤¤¤•· and others who may claim the protection of this government, who ma misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril, ans? that the can in no wise obtain any protection from the government of the United States against the consequences of their misconduct. IN WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [san,.] fourteen and of the denoe of the United States of America the one hun and thirty-ninth. Woonnow WILSON By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. Br mn Paasmnivr or rim Um·rm> Srxrms or Aimnroa, August u,m4. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a state of war unhaapilyilexists between France and ml1v`X Austria-Hungary; And Whereas e nited States is on terms of P*°°¤*>*··