No. 482.
Baron von
Zedtwitz to Mr. Rives
Imperial German Legation,
Washington, December 29,
1887. (Received December 29.)
Dear Mr. Rives: With reference to our
conversation of yesterday? I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy
of the “Temporary regulations for the prevention of the introduction of
infectious diseases at the Corean treaty ports.”
These regulations have been provisionally accepted by the representatives
of the treaty powers at Seôul. The modifications we would desire to make
I had the pleasure of pointing out to you yesterday.
Believe me, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Temporary regulations for the prevention of the
introduction of infectious diseases at the Corean treaty
ports.
- 1.
- Any vessel, Corean or foreign, arriving from a locality where
infections disease exists, shall temporarily anchor outside the
harbor limits and fly a yellow flag at the fore.
- 2.
- Such vessel is not to communicate with the shore, or with
other vessels, nor to land crew or passengers, pending the
arrival on hoard of the customs quarantine officer.
- 3.
- Should the quarantine officer he satisfied that there are no
cased of infectious disease on hoard from the commencement of
and during the voyage hither, he will grant permission to the
vessel to proceed to the usual anchorage, where she will receive
free pratique.
- 4.
- Vessels which have had cases of infectious disease on hoard
during the voyage to a Corean treaty port, shall be required to
anchor at such place as shall be indicated by the quarantine
officer, at a safe distance from the land; and no communication
with the shore, or with other vessels, shall be allowed, except
with the sanction of the customs authorities charged with the
carrying out of these regulations.
- 5.
- Subjects of infectious disease shall be sent either to a
cholera hospital on shore, or to such other suitable place as
the quarantine officer may indicate. The bodies of the dead
shall be buried at such time and place and in such manner as the
quarantine officer shall point out.
- 6.
- After final disposal of patients and dead bodies, as indicated
above, the quarantine officer shall disinfect both crew and
passengers, who may then receive written permission to land
through him. That officer will also advise the commissioner of
customs as to the vessel’s admission to free pratique.
- 7.
- The captain, passengers, or crew of vessels placed in
quarantine shall be given every facility by the customs to
appeal in writing to their national representatives against the
measures taken by the quarantine officer but pending the inquiry
and decision of the foreign representative in the case these
regulations must be observed.
- 8.
- Any vessel or person infringing these rules shall be dealt
with, at the instance of the commissioner of customs, by the
proper consular authorities.
- 9.
- It shall rest with the superintendent of trade and the
commissioner of customs, in conference with the consuls of the
treaty powers, to decide whether or not the port from which any
vessel comes is infected, the decision of the majority ruling.
But ii any port has been declared infected by its own
government, these rules shall be enforced by the commissioners
of customs at Corean ports against all vessels coming from such
port.
- 10.
- The cost of establishing a hospital for infectious diseases
and its daily expenses shall be defrayed by the Corean customs.
But a daily charge for food, medicine, and attendance for
patients shall be made against the vessels concerned through
their respective consuls.
- 11.
- These regulations are experimental, and may be revised or
amended by the Corean Government in concert with the foreign
representatives. If discontinued by the Corean Government, two
months’ notice will be given to the foreign representatives who
have given their consent to them.
