No. 498.
Mr. Taft to Mr.
Bayard.
Legation of
the United States,
St.
Petersburg, March 18, 1885.
(Received April 6.)
No. 30.]Sir: Referring to instruction No. 7 from the
Department of State to this legation and to my answer in part thereto,
numbered 26, I have now the honor to send the answer of this Government to
my application, made in pursuance of said first-named dispatch, with a
translation thereof.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure in No. 30.]
Mr. Vlangaly to Mr.
Taft.
Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Department of Internal
Relations,
St.
Petersburg, March 5 (17),
1884.
Mr. Minister: Your note of December 22, 1884
(January 3, 1885), with which you favored the imperial ministry, had for
object to obtain information on the point whether the Imperial
Government had issued an order by which all foreign Israelites were
expelled from the city of Odessa and other localities in the Empire. You
at the same time expressed in the name of your Government the desire
that permits of residence might be given to all Jewish citizens of the
United States of America.
I have to-day the honor to inform you, on a communication from the
ministry of the interior, that no such action has been taken by the
Imperial Government.
In regard to furnishing the Jewish citizens of America with Russian
permits of residence, the minister of the interior observes that he
cannot comply with this request, as according to the regulations
established on this subject every foreigner having his national passport
in due order is obliged, on his own application, to be furnished by the
competent Russian authority with a permit of residence.
The law at the same time grants to foreigners the right to bring
complaint for any irregularity that may take place in this respect.
I have also to add that the Imperial Government is unable to supply the
legation of the United States with statistics concerning the number of
the Jewish American citizens residing in Russia.
Receive, &c.,
