a safe-conduct is given to them to embark at the port which they themselves shall select; and even in the event of a rupture, all such subjects or citizens of either of the two contracting parties who are established in any of the territories, dominions, and settlements of the other, in the exercise of any trade or special employment, have the privilege of remaining and of continuing such trade and employment therein, without any manner of interruption, in full enjoyment of their liberty and property as long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws; and their goods and effects, of whatever description they may be, whether in their own custody or entrusted to individuals or to the State, are not liable to seizure or sequestration, nor to any other charges or demands than those which may be made upon the legal effects or property belonging to native subjects or citizens of the country in which such subjects or citizens may reside. In the same case, debts between individuals, property in public funds, and shares of companies are never confiscated, sequestered, or detained.

See British Treaties with Uruguay, August 26, 1842; Guatemala, February 20, 1849; Siam, April

18, 1855; Swiss Confederation, September 6, 1855; Honduras, August 27, 1856; Nicaragua, February 11, 1860; Salvador, April 16, 1863; United States of Colombia, February 16, 1866.

Treaties of peace and friendship have been concluded between the following States:

See also Treaties of Commerce and Navigation.

EUROPEAN STATES.

Austria and Austria-Hungary.

Prussia and Russia, November 8, 1846; United States, May 8, 1848; Sardinia, August 6, 1849; Russia, etc., March 30, 1856; Moldo-Wallachia, February 19, 1858; France, November 10, 1859; Italy, October 3, 1866; Siam, May 17, 1869; China, September 2, 1869; Japan, October 18, 1869; Hawaii, June 18, 1875.

Russia, August 22, 1866.

Bavaria.

Belgium.

Persia, July 14, 1841; Nicaragua, March 27, 1849; Guatemala, March 27, 1849; Peru, May 16, 1850; Italy, April 9, 1863; Orange Free States, April 1, 1874; Transvaal, December 11, 1875; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

Denmark.

Prussia, July 2, 1850; Russia, May 25, 1851; Persia, November 30, 1857; Great Britain, etc., June 10, 1863; Switzerland, February 13, 1875; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

France.

Two Sicilies, May 12, 1847; Guatemala, March 8, 1848; Chile, October 7, 1849; Honduras, February 22, 1856; Turkey, etc., March 30, 1856, August 19, 1858; Siam, August 15, 1856; Sandwich Islands, October 29, 1857; Salvador, January 2, 1858; China, June 27, 1858; Japan, October 9, 1858; Nicaragua, April

11, 1859; Sardinia, November 10, 1859; Annam, June 5, 1862, March 15, 1874; Madagascar, September 12, 1862, August 8, 1868; China, October 25, 1860; Servia, January 18, 1863; Germany, May 10, 1871; Burmah, January 24, 1873; Uruguay, August 18, 1873; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

Germany

(North Germany previous to 1870; Germany from 1870.) Denmark, July 2, 1850; Argentine Confederation, September 15, 1857; Turkey, etc., August 19, 1858; Paraguay, August 1, 1860; Chile, February 1, 1862; Liberia, October 31, 1867; Japan, February 20, 1869; Mexico, August 28, 1869; Salvador, January 13, 1870; France, May 10, 1871; Costa Rica, May 18, 1875; Tonga, November 1, 1875; Samoa, January 24, 1879; Hawaii, March 25, 1879; Morocco, July 3, 1880; Mexico, December 5, 1882; Madagascar, May 15, 1883; Corea, November 26, 1883 Republic of South Africa, January 22, 1885.

Prussia.

Austria, November 8, 1847; Denmark, May 25, 1851 (see Germany).

Great Britain.

Borneo, May 27, 1847; Liberia, November 21, 1848; Argentine Confederation, November 24, 1849; Costa Rica, November 27, 1849; Dominica, March 6, 1850; Peru, April 10, 1850; Equador, May 3, 1851; Hawaii, July 10, 1851; Afghanistan, July 13, 1855, May 26, 1879; Siam, April 18, 1855; Turkey, etc., March 30, 1856, August 19, 1858; Honduras, August 27, 1856; Persia, March 4, 1857; Japan, August 26, 1858; Nicaragua, February 11, 1860; Greece, etc., June 10, 1863; Madagascar, January 27, 1865; Ashanti, February 15, 1874; Portugal, December 11, 1875; Samoa, August 28, 1879; Tonga, November 29, 1879; Servia, February 7, 1880; Equator, October 18, 1880; Morocco, July 3, 1880; Montenegro, January 22, 1882; Corea, November 26, 1883; Spain, December 1, 1883; Transvaal, February 27, 1884; Paraguay, Cctober 16, 1884; Zanzibar, April 30, 1886.

Greece.

Great Britain, June 10, 1863.

Italy.

Turkey, August 19, 1858; Belgium, April 9, 183; Austria, October 3, 1866; Burmah, March 3, 1871; December 26, 1872; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

Sardinia.

New Grenada, August 18, 1847; Austria, August 6, 1849; France, November 10, 1859, February 11, 1860.

France, May 12, 1847.

Two Sicilies.

Netherlands.

Japan, January 30, 1856, October 16, 1857; Sandwich Islands, October 16, 1862; Liberia, December 20, 1862; Venezuela, March 21, 1872; Orange Free States, November 14, 1874; Switzerland June 18, 1875, August 24, 1877; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

Portugal.

China, August 13, 1862; Transvaal, December 11, 1875; Great Britain, December 11, 1875; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

Russia..

Austria, November 8, 1847; Denmark, May 25, 1850; Japan, January 26, 1855; Turkey, March 30, 1856; Austria, etc., March 30, 1856; Great Britain, March 30, 1856; China, June 13, 1858; Turkey, August 19, 1858; Bavaria, August 22, 1866; Turkey, February 8, 1879.

Moldo-Wallachia.

Austria, February 19, 1858.

Montenegro.

Great Britain, January 22, 1882.

Servia.

France, January 18, 1863, January 18, 1883; Great Britain, February 7, 1880; United States, May 2-14, 1881.

Spain.

Persia, March 4, 1842; Costa Rica, May 10, 1850; Morocco, April 26, 1860; Annam, June 5, 1862; Peru, January 27, 1865, August 14, 1879; Morocco, July 3, 1880; Chile, January 12, 1833; Great Britain, December 1, 1883.

Sweden and Norway.

China, March 20, 1847; Morocco, July 3, 1880.

Switzerland.

United States, November 25, 1850; Great Britain, September 6, 1855; Persia, July 23, 1873; Denmark, February 13, 1875; Netherlands, July 18, 1875; Salvador, October 30, 1883.

Turkey.

France, March 30, 1856, August 19, 1858; Great Britain, March 30, 1856, August 19, 1858; Germany, August 19, 1858; Italy, August 19, 1858; Russia, August 19, 1858, October 16, 1862, February 8, 1879.

ASIATIC STATES.

Afghanistan.

Great Britain, July 23, 1855, March 26, 1879.

Annam.

France, June 5, 1862, March 15, 1874.

Burmah.

Italy, March 3, 1871; France, January 24, 1873.

China.

United States, July 8, 1844; Sweden, March 20, 1847; Russia, June 13, 1858; France, June 27, 1858, October 25, 1860; Portugal, October 13, 1862; Austria, September 2, 1869; Japan, August 30, 1871; Peru, June 26, 1874.