or citizens of the king of

or the republic

of shall enjoy mutually the right of free ingress and egress into and from the dominions of the contracting parties and of residence therein for the purposes of trade or pleasure, and that while so sojourning they shall be protected in their persons and property; and that the citizens and subjects of each party in all the courts of the other contracting party shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of native citizens and subjects, so far as the administration of justice is concerned.

Article 2d. The high contracting parties stipulate and agree that their citizens and subjects shall mutually enjoy in the dominions of each other freedom of worship, public and private, and the rights of respectful burial in the usual burying grounds, and that no impediment thereto shall be allowed.

Article 3d. In case a vessel belonging to either of the high contracting parties shall be driven into the ports of the other, or within its maritime curtilage by stress of weather, by pirates or any misfortune it is stipulated that all practicable aid, relief and assistance shall be given by each contracting party to such foreign vessel in the same manner, on the same terms, and to the same extent as if she belonged to the party furnishing succor; and that in all cases of piracy each party shall give relief

to the vessels of the other on the same terms as if they belonged to the relieving party; and that in all cases of shipwreck of the vessels of either of the contracting parties upon the coasts or within the maritime curtilage of the other, like assistance and on the same terms shall be extended to such vessels, their cargoes and the mariners. And it is agreed that in cases of wreck the proceeds of ships and cargoes, deducting reasonable salvage according to the rule applied to native vessels so wrecked, shall be preserved without charge in the national treasury of the contracting party having possession of the same, and that upon the request of the President of the United States of America, or the King of the other contracting party, (as the case may be,) such proceeds shall be paid, according to his order, for the use of the owners of such vessels and cargoes.

Article 4th. It is mutually agreed that if the citizens or subjects of either of the contracting parties die in the dominions of the other, the state in which such death happens shall see that the property of the deceased is preserved for the heirs, devisees, legatees or representatives of the deceased at a charge not exceeding one half of one per cent; and that in case of a last will and testament or of intestacy the right of such property shall be decided by the laws of the state or country of the

testator or intestate, and that upon a proper requisition from the contracting party, to which such testator or intestate shall belong at his death, his property shall be paid over to the representatives of the deceased without any further charge than such one half per cent. And it is further agreed that in case the deceased owned legally, in such foreign country, any immovable property, one year shall be allowed to his heirs or devisees to dispose of the same.

Article 5th. It is stipulated by the high contracting parties that their citizens and subjects shall mutually and reciprocally have liberty to trade freely to and from all ports of their respective dominions in all articles of trade and merchandise allowed to be imported into or exported from the dominions of either party in native ships on paying the same duties and charges imposed on such importations or exportations. It being intended by the contracting parties that the direct trade between their dominions may be reciprocal, though each reserves the right to raise or depress its duties and charges, provided the ships and cargoes of each party in the ports of the other shall pay the same duties and charges as native ships and cargoes. The coasting trade of each contracting party is reserved to the ships of each respectively. But any ship of either contracting party may,

within five days after arriving in a port of the other, and without breaking bulk, proceed to any other port and unlade as though she had originally sailed therefor.

Article 6th. The high contracting parties agree that in case of injury done by the citizens or subjects of either to those of the other party, a statement of the same with the evidence relating thereto shall be presented to the other with a request for satisfaction supposed to be due. That in case of disagreement each party shall make a statement of the matter in controversy with the proofs attached unless a case is agreed upon, and that each case, or the one so agreed on, shall be transmitted to some friendly sovereign or umpire to be agreed on, to decide the disputed affair, and his decision thereon shall settle the right in dispute, and the contracting parties shall cause the same to be enforced accordingly.

Article 7th. In the event of war between the high contracting parties it is agreed that private property, as well as non-combatants of each party, at sea and on land, shall enjoy perfect immunity and exemption from injury and capture; that fishermen and non-combatants may pursue unmolested their peaceful pursuits, that debts shall not be confiscated, or their collection suspended in the courts of either country during the war;

and, in case of war between either party and a third power, the citizens or subjects of the party at peace shall be prohibited from carrying to the belligerent arms, ammunition or munitions of war, or transporting in their vessels the officers and soldiers of the belligerent, and that if any vessels of either party shall violate this provision, the same and their cargoes may be confiscated in the courts of admiralty of the other.

All trade with neutrals, except such contraband of war and such transportation of combatants, is declared hereby lawful to each of the contracting parties, their citizens or subjects.

Article 8th. In the event of war between the contracting parties, neither party shall prohibit or impede the commerce of the other contracting party with any neutral nation, though it shall be lawful to prohibit commerce and trade between the citizens and subjects of the contracting parties during such war.

Article 9th. The high contracting parties engage sacredly to observe treaties, to respect the rights of each other, to promote peace and good will by candid negotiation, by friendly mediation and national arbitrament. It being the intention of the contracting parties in all international transactions to do to others as they would that other nations should do unto them. In fine they