STATE PAPER 8, 
the Rhine. All definitive afrange- 
ment with respect to these provin- 
ces, shall be deferred till the gene- 
ral pacification with the German 
empire. 
6. Until a treaty of comiherce 
between the two contracting powers 
shall be made, all the comimereial 
communications and relations be: 
tween France and the Prussian 
states; shall be re-established on the 
footing upon which they were bez 
fore the present wa. 
a. As the dispositions of article 
6, cahnot have their full efe@, but 
in proportion as liberty of com. 
merce shall be re-established for alk 
the north of Germafiy, the two 
contracting powers shall take mea- 
sures for removing from it the the- 
atre of wari 
8. To iovlividuals of the two na- 
tions respetively shall be granted 
the restoration of all effects, reve- 
hues, or property of what kind so- 
ever, detained, seized, or confiscated 
on account of the war betwee 
France and Prussia, as well as 
prompt justice with respect to all 
debts due ffi the states of either of 
the two centracting powers to the 
subjects of the other. 
g. All prisoners taken respec- 
tively since the commencement of 
the war, without regard to the 
difference of number. or .rank, in- 
eluding Prussian marines and sai- 
Jors, taken cither in Prussian sh'ps 
or ships of other nations, as well 
as in geheral all those detained on 
either side on account of the war, 
shall be restored within the space 
of two months at the latest after 
the exchange of the ratification of 
the present treaty; on paying the 
private debts they may have con- 
tracted during their captivity. ‘The 
same shall be done with respeét to 
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the sick and wounded immediately 
after theit. getting well. Com. 
missioners Shall be immediately ap- 
pointed on both sides for executing 
this article. 
10. The prisonets of the Saxon, 
Mentz, Palatine and Hessian corps, 
with thosé ‘6f* Hesse Cassel and 
Darmstadt, who kave served in the 
army of the king of Prussia, shalt 
be included in the exchange aboves 
enna j 
The French republic will 
aciept of the good offices of his 
majesty the King of Prussia in fa. 
vour of the princes and states of the 
German empire who shall desire 
to ehiter dire@ly into negotiation 
with it, and who to that end have 
already requested, or shall request; 
the interposition of the king, 
The Frerich republic, to give to 
the king of Prussia a first proof of 
its desire to concur in the re-esta- 
blishment of the ancient bonds of 
amity wliich have subsisted between 
the two nations, consents not to 
treat as an enemy’s country, during 
the space of three months after 
the ratification of the present trea 
ty, the territories of those princes 
and states of the empire aforesaid, 
situated on the left bank of the 
Rhine, in whose favour the king 
shall interést himself, 
12, The present treaty shall 
have no effect till <after being ra- 
tiffed by the contracting parties 5 
and the ratifications shall be éx. 
changed in this city of Basle with. 
in one month from this aates or 
sooner if possible. 
In testimony of which we the 
undersigned ministets plenipotenti. 
ary of the French republic, and 
his majesty the king of Prussia, by 
virtue of our full powers, have 
signed the ptesent sreaty of peace 
Na and 
