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

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nounce the reopening of any prize
proceedings brought to a conclusion
through legal judgment.
This regulation has likewise been
adopted in most of the treaties of
modern times, for instance, in
ArticlelS of the Frankfurt Peace. ^
The multitudinous questions of
a technical character which will
arise probably in the carrying
out of the provisions of Articles
23 and 24 make it appear
advisable to appoint, for their
solution, a mixed commission
with a neutral chairman (Article
25).
The extraordinary conditions
which the world war has brought
about within the field of maritime
navigation and which will not at
once disappear with the conclusion
of a separate peace, will in
certain circumstances bring it
about that merchant ships of a
hitherto enemy flag will not be
in position to make use of the
contractual assured authority to
sail to home waters, in case the
authorities of the State where
they are stationed do not readily
consent thereto. This, by way of
illustration, applies to the securing
of bunker coal, tlie recruiting
of pilots and those measures
necessary to steer clear of submarine
mines. Therefore, in Article
26 the contracting parties
mutually assure to one another
every possible assistance in this
respect.
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As regards the final provisions,
that of Article 27 according to
which the supplementary treaty
forms an essential part of the
Peace Treaty, and according to
which the respective ratification
acts shall be exchanged simultaneously
with the ratification
acts of the Peace Treaty, has already
been discussed in connec-
1 10 May, 1871. 62 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 82.