Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part II

File No. 79/84.

Ambassador Meyer to the Secretary of State.

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg , January 11, 1907 .

No. 744.]

Sir: I beg leave to report that the council of ministers, in modification of and in addition to the existing laws, has made the following ruling:

I. Those guilty of praising criminal acts in speech or writing, pronounced publicly or read, or of circulating, either in public writings or ideas, known to contain such praise, shall be subject to—

Imprisonment from two to eight months, or arrest not over three months, or a fine of not over 500 rubles.

II. Cases of criminal acts, mentioned in the preceding section (I), come under the jurisdiction of the district courts.

These rulings were confirmed by the Emperor January 6.

I have, etc.,

G. v. L. Meyer.