Office of the Historian

Mr. Everett to Mr. Moore..

Consulate of the United States,
Batavia, Java, June 13, 1898.
No. 40.]

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Javasche Courant (official gazette) No. 44, of June 3, 1898, containing two additional and much more stringent neutrality proclamations1 applicable to Netherlands-India and translations.

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I am, etc.,

Sidney B. Everett,
United States Consul.

  1. The orders, with the exception of the introductory phrases, are the same as those issued by the Netherlands (see page 887), with the exception of paragraph d in the first colonial circular, which differs from paragraph d in the corresponding home circular in that it refers to provisions of the Penal Code for the Netherlands-India, in addition to certain sections of the Penal Code of the Netherlands. The paragraph in the colonial circular reads:

    “(d) [It is prohibited] to volunteers to organize themselves in a military way within the territory of the State, with the intent to join the army of either of the belligerents.

    “And the secretary-general further refers to sections 100, 388, and 389 of the Dutch Penal Code, sections 47 and 48 of the Penal Code of Netherlands-India for Europeans, and sections 50 and 51 of the penal code for natives; and by these presents warns all residents not in any way whatsoever to take a hand in privateering, and not to accept foreign letters of marque, as any persons who exercise privateering by virtue of such documents, or who in any way assist in so doing, will be prosecuted before the courts of justice.”

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