The inhabitants of these respective States shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports. places. or rivers of the territories of each party wherever commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatever of said territories in order to attend to their affairs. and they shall enjoy to that effect the same security and protection as natives of the country where they reside. on condition of their suibmitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing. and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce. Every Secretary of State since 1880 knows that the enforcement of the rights secured to American citizens by that treaty. whether nativeborn or naturalized citizens. has been resisted by Russia in those cases where American citizens of the Jewish faith particularly and also American missionaries. Protestant and Catholic. have asked for passports to enter Russian territory. The Rassian Government has persistently refused and still refuses to admit such American citizens within the boundaries of the Empire for even a temporary sojourn. whether on business or for pleasure or for social and family reasons. and this exclusion is practiced and professedly based solely and simply on account of the religious beliefs of those of our citizens who are in the classes objectionable to the Russian Government.
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