...the United States and Prussia, the following was the twenty-third article, prepared by Franklin: " If war should arise between the two contracting parties,...allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and to settle their affairs, and may depart, freely carrying off all their effects without molestation...

...the United States and Prussia, the following was the twenty-third article, prepared by Franklin: " If war should arise between the two contracting parties,...allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and to settle their affairs, and may depart, freely carrying off all their effects without molestation...

...country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and to settle their affairs, and may depart, freely carrying...or hindrance. And all women and children, scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting...

...arise between thé two Contracting Parties thé merchants, of either country there residing in thé other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts, and settle their affaire, and may départ freely, carrying of ail their effects, without molestation, or hindrauce;...

...thus stated: "4. That it be proposed, though not indispensably required, that if war should hereafter arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants...effects without molestation or hindrance; and all fishermen, all cultivators of the earth, and all artisans or manufacturers, unarmed and inhabiting...

...parties, the merchants of either country, then » Life and Works of John Adams, VIII, 183, 189-20:i. residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain...effects without molestation or hindrance; and all fishermen, all cultivators of the earth, and all artisans or manufacturers, unarmed and inhabiting...

...military stores, of what description soever, shall be deemed objects of contraband. ARTICLE XXIII. — If war should arise between the two contracting parties,...or hindrance; and all women and children, scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting...

...for neutral rights. Article XXIII, however, is the one which makes the treaty unique; it reads: If war should arise between the two contracting parties,...effects without molestation or hindrance. . . . And all merchant and trading vessels employed in exchanging the products of different places and thereby rendering...

...which was reaffirmed by the treaty of 1828 (8 Stat. 378), article XXIII of which reads as follows: "If war should arise between the two contracting parties,...their effects, without molestation or hindrance," etc. And article XXIV reads as follows : " * * * And it is declared, that neither the pretense, that...

...they ought to protect and defend vessels belonging to the party of which they are. ARTICLE XXIII If war should arise between the two contracting parties,...carrying off all their effects without molestation hindrance. And all women and children, scholars of every faculty, tivators of the earth, artizans,...