The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-10-13
PREsIDEyrS PROoLlMArIOS.
BelIIgerent vessels in Our Ports.
WAsHrNeroS, Oetobers s.


WASHINGTON, OctObers.
BIZ the President ofthe United States
"A Proclamation:
WHEREAS, On the 23d day of Au-
gust, 1870, my proclamation was issu-
ed enjoining neutrality in the present
war between France and the North
I German Confederation and its allies,
and declaring, so far as then seemed
necessary, the rights and obligations
I of the belligerent powers and Of the
citizens of the United States and.
WHEREAS, Subsequent information
gives reason to apprehend that armed
! cruisers of the belligerents may be
tempted to abuse the hospitality ae-
corded to them in the ports, rOadsteads
and other waters Of the United Staes
/ by making such waters subservlent
to the purposes of war:
Now, therefore, /, Ulysses 5. Grant,
/ President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that any frequenting and use OF
/ the waters within the jurisdiction of
the United States by the armed YES
sells of either beIligerent, whether
public ships or privateers, for the pur-
pose Of preparing for hostile opera
tiOns. or as ports of operations upon
| the ships of war, or privateers, or
merchant vessels OF the other belii-
| gerent, lying within or being about to
enter the jurisdiction of the United
/ States, must be regarded as unfriend-
ly and offensive, and in violation of
| that neutrality which it is the determi-
nation of this Government to OBJ
serve. And to the end that the haZ-
ard and Inconvenience of such appre-
hended priyateers may be avoided,
/ further proclaim and declare that
/ from and after the 18th day of Octo-
/ Der instant, and during the cOntin-
nance of the present hOstilities be-
| tween France and the North German
Confederation, and its allies, no ship
/ of war or privateer of either belliger-
ent shall be permitted To make use of
any port, harbOr, or TOadstead, or 9TH
er waters within the jurisdiction of
/ the United States, as place of resort
for any warlike purpose of obtaining
any facilities of warlike equipment ;
and no ship of war or privateer of
either belligerent shall be permitted
to sail out Of or leave any port, har-
Dor, rOadstead or waters subject to the
/ Jurisdiction of the United States, from
which a vessel of the other belliger-
ent, whether the same shall be a ship
of war, a privateer or a merchant
ship, shall have previously departed,
until after the expiration of at least
"A hours from the departure of such
last mentioned vessel beyond the jur-
isdietiOn of the United States. If any
ship of war or privateer of either bel
ligerent shall, after the time this no.
tification takes effect, enter any port,
harbor, rOadstead or waters of the
United States, such vessel shall be re-
quired to depart and put to sea within
a hours after her entrance into such
port, barber, rOadstead or waters, ex-
cept in case of distress of weather, or
of her requiring provisions, or things
necessary for the subsistence of her
crew, or for repairs in either of
which case the authorities of the
port, or of the nearest port, as the
case may be, shall require her to
put to sea as soon as possible af-
ter the expiration of such period of
"a hours without permitting her to take
in supplies beyond what may be nee
essary for her immediate use; and no
such vessel which may have been per-
mitted to remain within the waters
of the United States for the purpose of
repair shall continue within such port,
harbor, roadstead or waters for a long
er period than twenty-four hours af-
ter her necessary repairs shall have
been completed, unless within such
twenty-four hours, vessel, whether
ship Of war, privateer or merchant
shipOf the other belligerent shall have
departed therefOrm in which case
the time limited for the departure of
such ship of war or privateer shall be
extended so far as may be necessary
to secure an interval of not less than
twenty-fOur hours between such de-
parture and that of any ship of war,
privateer or merchant ship of the 9TH
er belligerent which may have previ-
Ously quilted the same port, harbOr,
roadstead or other waters. No ship of
war or privateer of either belligerent
shall be detained in any port, harboT,
rOadstead or other waters of the United
States more than twenty-fOur hours,
by reason of the successive departures
from such port, harbOr, roadstead or
other waters of more than one vessel
of the other belligerent, but if there be
several vessels of each or either of the
two belligerents in the same port, har-
Dor, rOadstead or other waters, the or
der of their departure shall be arrang-
ed to afford the opportunity of leaving
alternately to the vessels of the re-
spective belligerents, and to cause the
least detention consistent with the OBJ
jects OF the proclamation. No ship Of
war or privateer of either belligerent
shall be permitted, while in any
port, harbOr, rOadstead or waters,
within the Jurisdiction of the United
States, to take in any supplies, except
provisions and other things as may be
requisite for the subsistence of her
crew, and except so much coal only as
may be sufficient to carry such vessel,
if without sail power, to the nearest
European port of her own country;
or in case the vessel is rugged to go
under sail, and may also be propelled
by steam power, then with half the
quantity of coal which she would be
entitled to receive if dependent upon
steam alone; and no coal shall be again
supplied to any such ship-Of-war or
privateer in the same or in any other
port, harbor, rOadstead or waters of
the United States, without special per-
mission, until after the expiration of
three months from the time when
such coal may have been astsupplied
to her within the waters of the United
States, unless such ship-of-war or
priYateer shall, since last thus sup
piled, have entered q European port
Of the Government to which she be-
longs.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
eighth day of October, in the year
3 ofour Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy, and Of the indie
pendenoe of the United States the
tninty-fifth. u. s. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
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