The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-12
SEVEN RUSSIAN VESSELS TAKEN BY
 LAPS IN FIGHT AT PORT ARTHUR.
DIR. ROOSEVELT ISSUES
 NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION

t3 .., bellisersns shan. after the time of this notification ta>es effect. enter any port. harbor. rozd1tt1. or waters of the United states. such vessel shall be required @ depart and put fo sec within twenty four hours after her entrance into such port. harhor, road4te3 or waters, except in case of stress 0r weather or of her re- curing provisions or things necessary for the subsIstence Of her crew, or for re- pairs. in either of which cases the au- thorities of the port or of the nearest port as the case may e, shall require her to expiration ef such period Of twenty-four hours. without permitting her to take in supplies beyond what may be neces- sary for her immediate use; and no such vessel, which niav have been permitted to remain within the waters of the United States for the purpose of repairs shall continue within such port, iarbor, road stead, or waters for longer period than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall. have been completed, un less within such tUenty-four hours a ves- sei. whethef ship If war privateer. -or merchant ship of tha other belligerent, shall have departed thefefrom, in which case the time limit for the departures of
 
 extended so far as may be necessary to secure an interval of not less than twen- ty-four hours between such departure and that of any ship of war. privateer or merchant ship of the other beiligerent, which may have previously quit the same port, harbor. foadstead of waters.
 No ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall be detained in any port. harbor. roadstead or waters of the United States more thah twenty-four hours by reason of the Successive departures from such port. harbof, roadstead or waters, of more than one vessel of the other bel- ligerent.
 But if there be several vessels of. each or either of the two beiiigerents in the same port harbor. roadstead or waters, the order of their departure therefrom shall be so arranged As to afford the op- portunity of leaving alternately the ves- sells of the respective belliEereffts. and to cause the least detention consistent with the objects of this proclamation.
 Taking on Supplies.
 No ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall be permitted, while in any port, harbgr. roadsted or waters within the Jurisdiction of the United States to take any supplies except supp piles or other things as may be reQuis- ties for the Subsistence Of her crew and except so nniich coal On her as may be sufficient to carry such weasel, # withont any sail power, to the nearest port Of her country, or in case the vessel Is rigged to ee under saik end may also De the q1antat cpal ' lssicif she wonld ha .e9sftied to leeeire If dependent upon steam alone. and no coal .shsli be aBaifi supplied to any such ship .of war 0r 'prlvateer, m the same or afiy. other. port, liarboF, foadstead or waters of the Unit ed States without special permission, un- til after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal, may have been last supplied to her within, the wa ters of the United States, unless such Ship of war shalb since last thus sup piled, have entered port of the Govern ment to which she belongs.
 And I further declare and proclaim that by the first article of the convention as to rights of neutrals at sea- which was concluded between the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias. on the 22nd day of July, A. D., 1854, the following principles were recognized as permanent and irnnutabIe, to wit:
 That free ships make free goods: that Is to say, that the effects or goods be- longing to subjects or citizens of a power or state at war are free from capture and confiscation when found on board of neutral vessels. with the excep- tion of articles of contraband of war.
 Second-That the property of neutrals on board of an enemy's vessel Is not subject to confiscation unless the same be contraband of war
 And I do further declare and proclaim that the statutes of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no person, within the territory and Ju- risdiction of the United States, shall take part. directly or indirectly. in said war, but shall remain at peace with each of the said belligerents, and shall maintain strict and impartial neutrality and that whatever privileges shall be accord cd one belligerent within the ports of the United States shall be, in like man. ner. accorded to the other.
 Citizens Enjoined. ..
 And I do hereby enjoin all the good citizens of the United States and all per- sons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States to observe the laws thereof. and to cons- init no act contrary to the provisions of the said statutes or in violation of the law of nations in that behalf.
 And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United States and all persons residing or being within their territory or juris- diction, that, while the free and full ex- pression of sympathies in public and private is not restricted by the laws of the United States, military forces in aid of either belligerent cannot lawfully be originated or organized within their ju- risdiction. and that while all persons may lawfully and without restriction by reason of the aforesaid state of wal, man ufacture and sell within the United States munitions of war and other arti- cles or material known as "contraband of war" yet they cannot carry such ar ticles upon the seas for the use or ser vice of either. belligerent, nor can they transport soldiers and officers of either. or attempt to break any blockade which may be lawfully established and main tained during the war, without incurring the risk of hostile capture. and the pen- alties denounced by the law of nations in that behalf.
 And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of the United States and others who may claim the protection of this government, who misconduct themselves in these premises will do so at their per il and that they can in no wise obtain any protection from the government of the United States against the conse- quences of their conduct
 In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done at the City of Washington.
 This. eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord. one thousand. nine hun dred and four. and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth.
 lSeal) Theodore RoOaayalt