Show Allied N Nations and Fr French Com Committee itt e Resolve 11 tTo To Restore Property Rights to Axis Victims WASHINGTON Jan 5 IS' UP Seventeen allied belligerent governments gov gov- and the French national 1 committee served notice on t the h e axis and Its beneficiaries Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day that property rights in countries countries countries coun coun- tries now occupied by them will willbe willbe be restored to their rightful owners owners owners own own- ers when the axis Is ejected In a declaration made public by the state department the signatories signatories signatories signa signa- tories emphasized they had reference reference reference refer refer- ence to all property rights or interests Interests interests In in- which have changed hands through enemy action whether such transfers or dealings have taken the form of open looting or plunder or of ot transactions apparently apparently apparently legal in form The declaration declaration declara declara- declaration tion applies even to such transfers trans traM transfers fers of property which purport to be voluntarily effected such as the disposal of homes businesses businesses businesses busi busi- nesses or securities whose owners were terrorized Into signing them away Jews Jens Not Mentioned The declaration does doe not specifically specifically mention properties previously previously previously pre pre- owned by Jews in Germany Germany Ger Ger- r- r many or other co countries s and now held by non-Jews non who took them over at panic prices when Jews were forced out of business or expelled ex ex- Officials l emphasized however however however how how- ever that It applies to property rights and interests of any description description description tion whatsoever lost lot by Individuals Individuals individuals corporations or governments through enemy action or manipulation lation In effect it warns warm all persons in occupied axis-occupied countries that any property rights they may acquire under the protection of axis occupation occupation occupation pation authorities or puppet gov- gov will not be recognized when the axis is 13 expelled Te Text t of ot the declaration The Union of South Africa the United States of America Australia Austra Austra- lia Belgium Canada China the Czechoslovak republic the United Kingdom of ot Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Union of Soviet Soviet Soviet So So- viet Socialist Republics Greece India Luxembourg the Netherlands Netherlands Nether Nether- lands New Zealand Norway Poland Poland Poland Po Po- land Yugoslavia and the French national committee Formal Warning Hereby issue a formal warning to all concerned and in particular to persons in neutral countries that they Intend to do their utmost utmost utmost ut ut- most to defeat the methods of dispossession dispossession dis dis- dis possession practiced by the governments governments governments govern govern- ments with which they are at war against the countries and peoples who have been so wantonly assaulted assaulted assaulted as as- as- as and despoiled Accordingly the governments making this declaration and the French national committee reserve all their rights right to declare Invalid any transfers of or dealings with prop property rights and interests of any description whatsoever which are or have been situated in the territories which have come under the occupation or control direct or indirect of the governments with which they are at war or which belong or have belonged to persons persons per per- sons BOM Including juridical persons resident in such territories This warning applies whether s such u c h transfers or dealings have taken the form of open looting or plunder plunder der or of transactions apparently legal in form even when they purport purport pur pur- purport port to be voluntarily effected The governments making this declaration and the French t ia committee solemnly record their solidarity in this matter iThe i The phrase and in particular to persons in neutral countries countries' hy hll the effect of ot warning persona persons h hsuch such countries against the purchase pur pur- chase of securities ties and 0 oth t her wealth which may have been seized in an occupied country and trans tran transported ported to a neutral country fo for lor sale i |