No. 174.
Baron Gerolt to Mr. Fish.
Legation of the North German
Union,
Washington, July 25, 1870. (Received July
26.)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 21st instant, communicating to me the cable dispatch of the American minister at Paris, in relation to the refusal of the French government to exempt North German steamers from capture after the state of war was known to them when they sailed.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, your obedient servant,
FR. v. GEROLT.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington.