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 2018 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 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 belhgerent or attempt to break any blockade which may be lawfully esta and maintained during the said wars without incurring the risk of hostile ca ture and the penalties denounced by the law of nations m that behalf. _ 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 ma misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril, and, that the can in no wise obtain any protection from the governgent of the United States against the consequences of their misconuct. · IN   WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and cangoed the sgal of thefI%r;ited States Los be aglixedéh d f A t neattecit o asln'ngtont'eigteen ayo ugusin the yezr of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] fourteen and of the independence of the United States of America the one hun and thirty-ninth. Woonnow WILSON By the President: W. J. Barns Smmry of sm. Br mn Pansmmrr or mn Uxrrrnn Srarns or Amnuoa, A PROCLAMATION. w" ”°*"°°" '“P°“ WHEREAS a state of war unha ily exists between Ja an and Uld GGHIBII . Y Germany; And Whereas the Unitedpgtates is on terms of friendship and amity with the contending poweis, and with the persons inhabiting their several dominions; And Whereas there are citizens of the United States residing within the territories or dominions of each of the said belligerents aid 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  on commerce, trade, or other business or pursuits therein; And ereas the laws and treaties of the United States, without interfering with the free expression of o inion and sympathy, or with the commercial manufacture or sale ofp arms or mumtions of war, nevertheless impose upon all persons who ma be within their territory and jiuisdiction the duty of an impartial, neutrality during the existence of the contest; And Vifhereas it is the duty of a neutral government not to permit or suffer the makinlg of its waters subservient to the sesof war; ,,.§§§,‘f‘”"°° °‘ “'“‘ Now, ’l‘herefore,, Woodrow Wilson, Prmident of the nited States of America, in order to {preserve the neutrality of the United States and of its citizens and 0 dpersons within its territory and jurisdiction, and to enforce its laws an treaties, and in order that all persons,  warned of the general tenor of the laws and treaties of the Unit States in this be alf, and of the law of nations, may thus be revented from any violation of the same, do hereby declare and   that "°‘-°'*·P¤*°¤°·*°°1- by certain provisions of the act approved on the 4th day of March, A. D. 1909, commonly known as the “Penal Code of the United States" the following acts are forbidden to be done, under severe pen-