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Show Then Be Good FOREIGNERS' PROPERTY NOT TO BE CONFISCATED Banks Notified to Give Publicity to the Fact That All Deposits are Safe and Protected from Harm The banks of Beaver county have received the following letter with the request that it be given publicity: Milford State Bank, Member Bank of Utah Bankers' Association. Dear Sirs: The Department of State on February 8th issued the following statement: "It having been reported to him that there is anxiety in some quarters on the part of persons residing in this cciunty who are subjects of foreign states lest their bank deposits or other property should be seized in the event of war between the United States and a foreign nation, the President authorizes the statement that all such fears are entirely unfounded. The Government of the United States will in no circumstances take advantage of a state of war to take possession of property in which international understandings and the recognized law of the land give it no just claim or title. It will scrupu- . lously respect all private rights alike of its own citizens and of the subjects of foreign states." It has been suggested that member banks give wide publicity to the above statement and that wherever it appears advisable it should be printed on placards and posted prominently. Yours truly, J. E. Shepard, Secretary. |
