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ships or vessels, shall, when 

 found within the jurisdiction of 

 the other party, be surrendered ^ 

 provided they be demanded with- 



iri from the time of their 



desertion. 



No person whatever shall, 

 upon the high seas, and without 

 the jurisdiction of either party, 

 be demanded, or taken out of any 

 ship or vessel belonging to sub- 

 jects or citizens of ar>y of the 

 parties, by the public or private 

 armed ships or vessels belonging 

 to, or in the service of, the other, 

 unless such person be, at the 

 time, in the actual employment 

 of an eiyemy of such other party. 

 This article shall continue in 



force for the term of years. 



Nothing in this article contained 

 shall be construed thereafter to 

 aifect or impair the rights of ei- 

 ther party. 

 Article XIF, Article XII. If'either of the 



■inadmissible contracting parties shall hereaf- 



ter be engaged in a war against 

 any third power, to which war 

 the other of the parties shall re- 

 main neutral, it is agreed that 

 every vessel of the neutral par- 

 ty sailing for a port or place be- 

 longing to the enemy of the 

 belligerent, without knowing that 

 the same is besieged, blockaded, 

 or invested, may be turned away 

 from such port or place, but 

 shall not be detained, nor her 

 cargo, if not contraband, be con- 

 fiscated, unless, after such no- 

 tice, she shall again attempt to 

 enter ; but she shall be permitted 

 to go to any other port or place 

 she may think proper. Nor 

 shall any vessel or goods of either 

 party, that may have entered 

 into such port or place before 

 the same was besieged, block- 

 aded, or invested, by the other, 



