[Untitled], August 28, 1870.

[Untitled]

The governor of Paris in view of the law of August 9, 1849, on the state of siege; in view of the imperial decree of August 7, 1870, by which Paris and the department of the Seine are declared in a state of siege; in view of article 75 of the decree of December 24, 1811, which invested the governor of a place, in a state of war, with the necessary authority to expel strangers; in view of the laws of November 18, 20, and December 3, 1869, relating to measures of police applicable to strangers; considering that in the interest of the national defense, and also in order to guarantee the security of persons belonging, by their nationality, to the countries at war with France, it is necessary to remove strangers—decrees as follows:

Article 1. Every person not a naturalized Frenchman, and belonging to a country actually at war with France, must leave Paris and the department of the Seine before the expiration of three days, and leave France or retire into one of the departments situated beyond the Loire.

Art. 2. Every foreigner coming within the provisions of the preceding injunction, who shall not have conformed to it, and shall not have obtained a special permission to remain, emanating from the governor of Paris, will be arrested and delivered to the military tribunals to be judged according to law.

The Governor of Paris,