The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-10
NEUTRALITY.
Beifaerepfs In American Waters-Prcclama In
lion by President Grant.

WASHINGTON Oct. S.-The following procla-
nation was issued to-day
ByHe President ofhe United States of America:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, On the 22d day of August, 1870. my
proclamation was issued enjoning neutrality in
the present war between France and the North
German Confederation and its allies, and de-
clariDg, so far as there seemed to be necessity,
the respective rights and obligations of the bel
ligerent parties and of the citizens of the United
States; and,
Whereas, Subsequent information gives rea-
son TO apprehend that armed cruisers OF the bel
lgerents may be tempted TO abuse the hospi-
tality accorded to them in the ports, harbors,
roadsteads, and other waters OF the United
States by making such waters subservient to the
purposes of war:
Now, therefore l, Ulysses S. Grant, President
of the United States of America, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that any frequenting and use
of the waters within the territorial Jurisdiction
of the United States by the armed vessels of
either belligerent, whether public ships or pri-
Vateers, for the purpose OF preparing for hostile
operations or as posts OF observation upon the
ships s-of-war or privateers or merchant vessels
of the other belligerent lying within or being
about to enter the Jurisdiction of the United
States, must be regarded as uufriendly and
offensive, and in violation of that neutrality
which it is the determination of this Government
to observe; and to the end that the hazard and
inconvenience of such apprehended practices
may be avoided, further proclaim and declare
that from and after the 18th day of October in-
slant, and during the continuance of the
present hostilities between France and the North
German Confederation, and its allies no ship pof-
war or privateer of either belligerent shall be
permitted to make use OF any port, harbor,
roadstead, or other waters within the jursdic-
tion of the United States as station or place of
resort for any warlike purposes or for the pur-
pose of obtaining any facilities of warlike equip
ment, and no ship of-war or privateer of either
helligerent shall be permitted to sail out of or
leave any port harbor, roadstead, or waters sub
ject to The Jurisdiction of the United States from
which vessel of the other belligerent, whether
the same shall be ship-ot-war, privateer or a
merchant ship, shall have previously departed,
until ter the expiration of at least twenty four
hours from the departure of such aforementioned
vessel beyond the jurisdiction of the United
States
If any ship-of-war or privateer or other belli-
gerent shall, after the time this notification
tax es effect enter any port, harbor, roasstead,
or waters of the United States such vessels
shall be required to depart and put
to sea within twenty-four hours after her en-
trance into such harbor, roadstead, or waters,
except in cases of stress of weather or of her re-
quiriDg provisions or things necessary for the
subsistence of her crew, or for REPAIRS in either
of which cases the authorities of the port, or
the nearest port, as the case may be, shall re-
quire her to put to sea as soon as possible after
the expiration of such period of twenty-four
hours, without permitting her to take in sup
plies beyond what may be necessary for her i'm
mediate use; and no such vessel which may have
been permitted to remain within the waters
repair shall continue within such port harbor,
roadsteads or waters for a longer period than
twenty-fours after her necessary repairs shall
have been completed, unless within such twenty
four hours vessel, whether ship-of-war, pri-
yateer or merchant ship, of the other belligerent
shall have departed therefrom; in which case
the time limited for the departure of such ship
of-war or priyateer 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 other belligerent which
may have previously quit the same port, harbor
roadstead or waters. No ship-of-war or pri-
vateer of either belligerent shall be detained In
any port, harbor, rsadstead or waters of the
United States more than twenty hours by
reason of the successive departures from such
port, harbor, roadstead or waters OF more than
one vessel of the other belligerent. But IL
there be several vessels of each or either of the
two belligerents in the same port, harbor, road
stead or waters, the order OF their departure
shall be SO arranged as TO afford the opportunity
of leaving alternately to the vessels OF the re-
tpectiVe beligeTents, and 10 cause the least de-