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 542 TREATY WITH ECUADOR. 1930. ing parties agree, that six months having elapsed after the declaration, their citizens shall not plead ignorance thereof On the contrary, if the flag of the neutral does not protect the enemy’s property, in that case, the goods and merchandises of the neutral, embarked in such enemy’s ship, shall be free. ARTICLE XVII. C,,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,,; This liberty of navigation and commerce shall extend to all kinds rpccificd- of merchandise, excepting those only which are distinguished by the name of contraband : and under this name of contraband or prohibited goods, shall be comprehended : l lst. Cannons, mortars, howitzers, swivels, blunderbusses, muskets, fusees, rifles, carbines, pistols, pikes, swords, sabres, lances, spears, halberds, and grenades; bombs, powder, matches, balls, and all other things belonging to the usebof thepe arms. f .1 _ f b I 2d. Bucklers helmets, reast ates, coats o mai, in antry ets, and clothes made up in military fbrm, and for military use. 3d. Cavalry belts, and horses with their furniture. 4th. And generally, all kinds of arms and instruments of iron, steel, brass, and copper, or of any other materials, manufactured, prepared, and formed expressly to make war, by sea or land. ARTICLE XVIII. Goods not All other merchandises and things, not comprehended in the articles °°”““l"*“d· of contraband explicitly enumerated and classified as above, shall be held and considered as free, and subjects of free and lawful commerce, so that they may be carried and transported in the freest manner, by the citizens of both the contracting parties, even to places belonging to an enemy, excepting o(ply thosedplapesl whjch age, at that pine, be- .. j sie ed or blockaded: an to avoi al ou tint is particu ar, it is brrijeiriirilgion of n degared that those places only are besieged or blockaded which are actually attacked by a belligerent force capable of preventing the entry of a neutral. ARTICLE XIX. C,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The articles of contraband before enumerated and classified, which only_ liable to may be found in a vessel bound for an enemy’s port, shall be subject °°"*‘“°°“°“· to detention and confiscation, leaving hee the rest of the cargo and the ship, that the owners may dispose of them as the may see roper. vm. No vessel of either of the two nations shall be detdined on tlfe high els dehv-. . e,,,, up (,0,,,,,,. seas, on account of having on board articles of contraband, whenever bamii H0! ¢¤ M the master, captain, or supercargo of said vessel will deliver up the d°“""°d' articles of contraband to the captor, unless the quantity of such articles be so great, or of so large a bulk, that they cannot be received on board the capturing ship without great inconvenience ; but in this and in all other cases of just detention, the vessel detained shall be sent to the? nearest convenient and safe port, for trial and judgment according to aw. ARTICLE XX. bl llnlcases pr And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or ,°°§c ‘;°‘;j5;°5j$ui places belonging to an enemy, without knowing that the same is bengt dm;m,d,&,,_ sieged, blockaded or mvested,1t is agreed that every vessel, so circumstanced, may be turned away from such port or place, but shall not be detained, nor shall any part of her cargo, if not contraband, be conhscated; unless, after warning of such blockade or investment, from any officer commanding a vessel of the blockading forces, they shall again attempt to enter; but she shall be permitted to gc to any other port or place she shall think proper.