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PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 2021 remain at (peace with all of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict an impartial neutrality. And I do hereby enjoin all citizens of the United States, and all _,§}g',d_"*°° °‘ '*” plersons resrding or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the mted 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. And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United States, and all psi- sons residinig or being within its territory or jurisdiction that, w ° e the free an full expression of sympathies in public and private is not restricted by the laws of the mted States, military forces in aid of a belligerent cannot lawfully be originated or zrgamzed within its 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 to break any blockade which may be lawfully esta lished and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of hostile pgptture 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 may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at then• peri], an that theyYcan in no wise obtain any protection from the governfinent of the nited States against the consequences of their misconuct. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have herenmto set my hand and ¢8I5B:d the sial of thilgpited Statesthtpsbe da fA t ne at the cityo on twenty yo ugus in the year of our rd one thousand nine hundred and [san,.] fourteen and of the ence of the United States of America the one hun and thirty-ninth. Woonrrow Wnsox By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. Br rum Paasmnm or mn Urxrrnn Srrarns or Aumuoa, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a state of war unha pil exists between Ja an aud W" ”°°"•°¤ **1*** Austria-Hungary; Whereas Sie {Inited States is on germs of mdrzhiatgixn l l` friendshi and amity with the contending powers, and with the persons inbalhitiug their several dominions · And Whereas there are citizens of the United States residing within the territories or dominions of each of the said belligerents and carrying on commerce, trade, or other business or pursuits therein· And ’Whereas there are subjects of each of the said belligerents residing within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, and c g or commerce, trade, or other business or ursuits therein; And Whereas the laws and treaties of the Unitedp States, without interferring with the free expression of opinion and sympathy, or with the commercial manufacture or sale of arms or munitions of war, nevertheless impose upon all persons who may be within thdr terri- 96497°——voi. 38-r*r 2—-52