2028 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. receive, if dependent u on steam alone, and no coal shall be again su plied to an such ship of war or privateer in the same or any otiier port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of the United States, without special permission, until after the expgreation of three months from the time when such coal may have n last sulpiplied to her within the waters of the United States, unless such s p of war or privateer shall, since last thus supplied, have entered a port of the government to which she belongs.
°° And I do further declare an proclaim that the statutes and the
treaties of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no rson, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, shalle take part, or mdirectl , in the said wars but shall remain at (peace with of the said lirelligerents, and shall maintain a strict an impartial neutrality. ,,,§§§",,‘f'“‘°° °' l“" And I do hereby enjoin all citizens of the United States, and all ns residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the Suited States, to observe the laws thereof, and to commit no act contrary to the provisionsaof the said statutes or treaties or in violation of the law of nations in. that behalf.
’°“'*‘ And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United States, and all girsons residing or being within its territory or jurisdiction that, w e
the free an full expression of s§mpathres in public and private is npt restricted by the laps of thebomted Sttsgies, military forces aid oabelhgerentcannota y or1gm"a org:Fa.mzedwi `its mmmhm °i W"' jurisdiction; and that, while all persons may la ully and without restriction by reason of the aforesaid state of war manufacture and sell within the United States arms and munitions 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 break any blockade which may be lawfully esta lished and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of hlttillecgaapgsure and the penalties denounced by the law of nations in t . N°°"‘ And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of the United States and others who may claim the lprotection of this government, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril, an that theyycan m no wise obtain any protection from the governgegt of the mted States against the consequences of their misconu IN WHTEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sin:.] fourteen and of the inde endence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. _ Woomzow Wnson By th? lgregdentz . . arm Secretary of State.
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A PROCLAMATION D“Y °' ¥"`°’°' *“"1 WHEREAS great nations of the world have taken u arms ainst an mation. Fgiamtu. one another and war now draws millions of men into brittle whbgmthe cowl of statesmen have not been able to save from the terrible sac ee;
