Article 2. As it can not be doubted that the
liberty of the press is the most powerful means
used by the pretended supporters of the rights of
nations to the detriment of those of princes, the
high contracting parties promise reciprocally to
adopt all proper measures TO SUPPRESS IT, NOT
ONLY IN THEIR OWN STATES BUT ALSO iN
THE REST OF EUrcOPE.
Article 3. Convinced that the principles of re
ligion contribute most powerfully to keep nations
In the state of passive obedience which they owe
to their princes, the high contracting parties de
clare it to be their intention to sustain in their
respective states, those measures which the clergy
may adopt, with the aim of ameliorating their own
interests, so intimately connected with the preser
vation of the authority of the princes; and the con
tracting powers join in offering THEIR THANKS
TO THE POPE FOR WHAT HE HAS ALREADY
DONE FOR THEM, AND SOLICIT HIS CON
STANT COOPERATION IN THEIR VIEWS OF
SUBJECTING THE NATIONS.
Article 4. The situation of Spain and Portu
gal unite unhappily all the circumstances to
which this treaty has particular reference. The
high contracting parties, in confiding France the
care of putting an end to them engaged to assist
her in the manner which may the least com
promit them with their own people and the peo
ple of France by means of a subsidy on the part
of the two empires of 20,000,000 of francs every
year from the date of the signature of this treaty
to the end of the war.
