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DECREE OF MS INPERI4L M4TESTl'
OF ALL TIE RUSSy1S


DECREE OF HfS INPERI4L M4YES71.
OF ALL THE RUSSIAS.
Issued from the Senate at ST. Petersburg.
Agrceably to decree, ratified by his imperial
majesty, it has been made known to the senate at
ST. Petersburgh the 23d day of August, as
follows In order to secure peace, il would be
necessary to avoid all inconvenience that may a.
rise from allowing strangers who might be pre-
Judicial to the community, from entering or quit,
hing Russia we have therefore deemed it right
To make the following, regulations, for foreigners
entering the Russian territories -
= l. No foreigner of any description, shall be adj
United into Russia, without passport from our
minister for foreign affairs.
2. These passports shall not be granted, until
there be proper application made by the ministers
or consus, residing IN their respective places.
). Ministers on consuls must petition for such
passports in no other shape than by its being con-
irined by the magistrates of the place wherein
they reside, stating the object of their journey to
Russia, and which passports will be claimed on
their entering the Russian territories.
4. All foreigners, receiving passports to pro-
coed to Russia, must be advertised in the news
papers by their respective ministers.
). This decree extends itself to all foreigners
without exception; to take place from the 1st ia
nuary, 1908, until which time the old decree will
remain in force.
g. 1t is understood that messengers dispatched
by their respective courts, to enter the ter
rltorIes without the least detenton as before de-
creed Having adcptedproper measures for adj
hitting foreigners into our empire, it Will equal
~ be necessary to take steps prevent foreigners
quitting the empire, under certain restrictions,
which we have decreed by the following articles .
z In order to enable foreigner TO quit the
Russian territory, they must be in possession Of a
passport, signed by the minister fer foreign ,tiirs
D. On foreigners quitting the country, they
must draw up petition to the minister for foreign
affairs
O. The latter wa articles r,uet bo .tr;c;l, al
hered to, i'll the same manner as the former ones
directed by the above ukasc.
PROCLAMATION.
II is hereby made Known TO all merchants of
this place. that in pursuance of the peace conclud-
ed IT Tilst, between Prussia and France not on
yai prusslan ports shall be shut against English
snlps but that also all trade and commerce be-
tween Prussia and England must cease.
Hitherto they could only be shut up in private
manner, because several Frussan ships were w.
ing IN English ports, ard it became therefore nc
cessary to preserve them, and because several o.
ther vessels laden with provisions, unavoidably
required for this country, still 1t sea These
obstacles being now removed, we hereby publicly
mike known, by his royal maiestys command,
That TINS port, IN common with all other PIvssian
harbofs, arc shut against sill ships which are Eng
hsh, or belonging to any individual Of the Eng
hsh nation: that under no circumstances and no
PretenceS whatever, an English ship, or even a
neutral bottom coming from English ports or En-
ghsh colonies, shall be admitted in the ports of
this country and that no person shall De permit
ted, onPam of the goods being confiscated, and
other severe punishment inflicted, to send goods
from this place to any English port or English CO.
lony, or to order them to be sent to this port-n
abort that no navigation or trade with England
or the English colonies, shall be permitted either
IN English or neutral bottoms. Now whereas the
strict observance and execution of this point sti-
puated in the treaty of Tiisit between France and
Prussia, has been enjoincd to us by his royal ma
Jesty in the most rigorous manner, and on pain OF
beng dismissed from Offices, and other severe
puilisiments therefore we have strictly directed
and instructed all our subordinate officers careful
ly To watch over all cases of transgrcssion, and
as soon as any such cases shall happen and take
place, Immediately to report them TO us
While we thus give the public notice on the
said subject, we at the same time advise and
warn all merchants of this place not to render
themselves guilty of a contravention which, from
the measures we have adopted, will certainly be
discovered and not to expose themselves, on
account of a small Illicit profit, to the confsca-
ton OF their goods, and other severe criminal pa
nishInent
Royal Prussisn court of navigation and trade
BRAZIL.
-Hensei, September Q, 1907.