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 2008 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. remain at peace with all of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict. and impartial neutrality. _ °,,§{,°,§‘§,Y°“°° °‘ 1"“"s And I do hereby enjoin all citizens of the United States, and all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United 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. _ H my ¤i£,b*g>mb€r And I do hereby warn all CIQIZBHS of the United States, and all perg°r°° pm suns residing or being within its territory or jurisdiction that, while the free and full expression of sympathies in public and private is not restricted by the laws of the United States military forces in aid of a belligerent cannot lawfully be originated or organized within its canmumu or war, jurisdiction; and that, whi e all persons may lawfully and without °"°‘ restriction b reason of the aforesaid state of war manufacture and sell within tlie United States arms and munitions of war and other articles ordinarily known as ‘fcontraband 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 belli erent, or attempt to break any blockade which may be lawfully estalglished and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of Bizgpfture and the penalties denounced by the law of nations in t at. . N°“°°· And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of the United States and others who may claim the dprotection of this government, who ma misconduct themselves in e premises, will do so at their peril, and, that theylcan in no wise obtain any protection from the governgiant of the nited States against the consequences of their misconuct. In Witness 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 seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four- [SEAL.] teen and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. Woonnow WILSON By the President: Wn.1.1AM JENNINGS BRYAN Secretary of State. _j;*§&£’&__ Br run P1msmnNr or rm: UNITED Srarms or Amimca, A PROCLAMATION. B,Y§,§, "°,,§,‘§°°§‘,,,‘§t’§i‘gE Whereas a. state of war unhappily exists between Great Britain and H¤{,,=;g_gme Austria-Hungary; And Whereas the United States is on terms of ' friendshiji and amity with the contending powers, and with the persons inha iting their several dominions; And Whereas there are citizens of the United States residing within the territories or dominions of each of the said belligerents lalnd carrying on commerce, trade, or other business or pursuits erem; And Whereas there are subjects of each of the said belligerents residing within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, and car%gig on commerce, trade, or other business or ursuits therein; And ereas the laws and treaties of the Unitedp States, without interfering with the free expression of 0 inion and sympathy, or with the commercial manufacture or sale ofp arms or munitions of war, nevertheless impose upon all persons who may be within their terri-