PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 8, 9. 1771 by their recent practice, it has already been announced that the policy of this Government will be not to resort to privateering, but to adhere to the rules of the Declaration of Paris: Now, Therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States Wn with Swinof America by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution ,,€,‘“'°Q‘§f,,,,,§° Q and the laws, do hereby declare and proclaim: ¤¤¤i¤¤•£· 1. The neutral flag covers enemy’s goods, with the exception of con- Neutral nu;. traband of war. 2. Neutral goods, not contraband of war, are not liable to confiscation imma gona. under the enemy’s flag. 3. Blockades in order to be binding must be effective. nuance-. 4. Spanish merchant vessels, in any ports or places within the United Sv•¤i¤l¤ ¤·¤¤=1¤¤¤¢ States, shall be allowed till May 21, 1898, inclusive, for loading their ;°§°:]$;".,,,, gm., cargoes and departing from such port or places; and such Spanish U¤‘°¤<l$°¤'*¤1>¤¤‘*¤· merchant vessels, if met at sea, by any United States ship, shall be permitted to continue their voyage, if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to Spanish ve sels having on board. any officer in the military or naval service of the enemy, or any coal (except such as may be necessary for their voyage), or any other article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Spanish Government. 5. Any Spanish merchant vessel which, prior to April 21, 1898, shall —·u·rlv¤1 athave sailed from any foreign port bound for any port or place in the United States, shall be permitted to enter such port or place, and to discharge her cargo, and afterward forthwith to depart without moles- ` tation; and any such vessel, if met at sea by any United States ship, shall be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded. 6. The right of search is to be exercised with strict regard for the 1¤zM•f¤••r¤!- rights of nentrals, and the voyages of mail steamers are not to be interfered with except on the clearest grounds of suspicion of a violation of law in respect of contraband or blockade. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixed. Done at the City of Washington, on the twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] ninety-eight, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second. WILLIAM MCKINLEY By the President. Anvmv A. ADEE Acting Secretary of State. [ N o. 9.] BY Tim PKESIDENT OF THE UMTED Srurns or Anmmox. myimass. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twentydour of the Act of Gon. mamblcilm grass, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety one, entitled, ° ·*’· · ¢·An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof" ; And whereas, the public lands in the Territory of Arizona, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and
