PERIOD FOLLOWING THE TREATIES. 21 



Russian cruiser Apollo, but there is no evidence Caso of the 



Pearl. 



to show that this boarding occurred in extrater- 

 ritorial waters; on the contrary, the just inference 

 from the words used in the protest " Ordered to 

 leave the coast immediately/' and from the single 

 casual mention of the occurrence, is that it took 

 place near the shore. 1 



(3) The owners not only pleaded complete 

 ignorance of the ukase (and in this they were 

 sustained by the fact that the vessel had sailed 

 before the United States had received notice of 

 the same), but they distinctly admitted that they 

 would have obeyed its injunctions had they 

 known of it. 2 



(4) The Russian Government insisted up to 

 the very last that the Pearl had violated Rus- 

 sian law, and that the indemnity was paid only 

 with a view "to cement those amicable relations 

 to which the convention of April 5-17 has just 

 added new value." 3 



PERIOD FOLLOWING THE TREATIES. 



The strict colonial system, inaugurated by continuation of 

 Russia through the ukase of 1799 and recognized 

 in express terms to exist by the treaties of 1824 

 and 1825, was continued throughout the period 



l Post, p. 176. 

 *Fosi, p. 177. 

 3 Post, p. 180. 



