Proceedings of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference: the peace ...

THE PEACE OP BEEST-LITOVSK : STJBAPP. 1 TO APP. II. 31
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from any personal service in the
army, fleet, reserve of the territorial
army and of the navy, the
national militia, as also from all
duties, compulsory loans, military
requisitions, and service of any
kind, imposed, in case of war, or
as a result of exceptional circumstances
;
duties connected by any
title whatsoever with the ownership
of a parcel of land, and also
the military quartering duty and
other special services to be rendered
to the active army, to
which are liable the native m-
habitants and tlie subjects of tire
most favored nation iii their
capacity of proprietors and lessees
of real estate are excepted.
Strtifel 4.
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merstelle, tnbuftrtette ober finanjielle
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ber beiben Sanber nadf ben beftefjenben
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ftanbniS, bafe burd) bie borftebenbe.58e=
ftimmung bie grage nid)t beriif)rt n)irb,
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ftimmungen borbe^alten.
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®efer[fd)aften in bem anberen ?anbe
biefelben 9?e(f)te geniefeen, toelc^e ben
gleic^ortigen ©efellfc^aften irgenbeineS
?onbeS 5u[tef)en ober jugeftanbcn ft)er=
ben fottten.
Article 4.
Joint stock companies and any
other commercial, industrial, or
financial companies, including insurance
companies, which nave
been lawfully formed in one of
the two countries in accordance
with existing laws, and have their
abode there, must be recognized
by the other country as existing
lawfully and shall, in particular,
enjoy in the same the right
to conduct lawsuits in the courts
in the capacity of claimants or
defendants.
Both parties,however, agree that
the foregoing stipulation does not
affect the question whether such
companies, formed in one of the
countries, shall be admitted, or
not, to commercial or industrial
activity in the other country.
This question depends as heretofore,
on the regulations already
existing or to be introduced in
the country in question.
In any case, the aforesaid companies
shall enjoy in the other
country the same rights as have
been granted or may be granted
to similar companies of any other
country.