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

16 THE FINLAND PEACE.
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fjenben JeileS gelten aud) folc^e juriftifc^e
^erfonen imb @efellfd)aften, bie in
feinem ©ebtet i^ren ©i^ f)a6en. gerner
ftnb ben Slngefiortgen etneS JeiteS
iurifttfdie 'iperfonen unb ®efellfd)aften,
bie in feinem ®ebiete nicfit if)ren ©i^
i)aien, infotueit gteidjjuftetlen, aU fie
im Oeblete beS anberen JeileS ben fiir
biefe 2tnge£)origen geltenben 58eftim=
mungen unterlBorferi luaren.
Juridical persons and companies
that have their domicile in
the territory of a contracting
party are liltewise to be regarded
as nationals of this contracting
party. Furthermore, juridical
persons and companies which do
not have their domicile in the
territory of one of the contracting
parties, must be regarded as on
the samQ level as the nationals of
the said party^ in so far as in the
territory of the other party they
were subject to stipulations applying'
to the said nationals.
2lrtife( 8.
Article 8.
Ueber pribatrecf)tltd)e ©(fiulb»erliatt»
niffe, bie burcf) ^riegSgefe^e beetntracf)=
tigt irorben ftnb, Irirb nodjftebenbeS
bereinbart:
With regard to private debt relations
which have been affected
by war laws, the following has
been agrfeed upon:
§1.
I.
jDte @(f)ufbber£)attntffe toerben tnieber
fiergefteltt, fotoett fid) nid}t au8 ben 58e=
fttmmungen ber Slrttfei 8 bt§ 12 ein
anbereS ergibt.
The debt relations will be reestablished
in so far as the stipulations
of Articles 8 to 12 do not
provide otherwise.
§2.
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nid)t, bafe bie garage, mel^en ©influfe
bie burd} ben ,1'rteg gefd}offenen S'^'
ftiinbe, inSbefonbere bie burd) 93erfe^rg=
t)inberniffe ober .^anbelStterbote berbei=
gefubrte Unmoglid)feit ber grfiiltung,
auf bie ©diulbberbcittniffe auSiiben, im
©ebiete jebeg tiertragfdiKefeenben JeileS
nacb ben bort fiir al(e SanbeSeinhJobner
geltenben ©efe^en beurteilt rtirb.
3)abei biirf^n bie 3tngef)origen beS
anberen Xdki, bie burd) SJcafenabmen
biefeg Xdka tierbinbert ftorben finb,
nidit ungiinftiger bebanbelt rterben ats
bie 2lnge£)brigcn 'beS eigenen ©tdateg,
bie burd) beffen DJiafenabmen Berf)inbert
iDorben ftnb. Slucb foil berjenige, ber
biirc^ ben .fttieg an ber rec^tjeitigen S8e=
The stipulations of §1 do not
prevent the decision, in accordance
with the local laws applicable
to all the inhabitants of the
country, of the question as to
what extent the conditions created
by the war, especially the impossibility
of fulfilling an obligation,
owing to the obstacles in traffic
or commercial prohibitions in the
territory of either of the contracting
parties, oxcrt upon debt relations.
In this connection nationals of
tlie one party wlio have been
interfered with by the measures
of the other party, are not to be
dealt with more unfavorably than
the nationals of the latter State,
who have been interfered with
by measures of that State. A
person who by the war has been