No. 146.
Mr. Washburne to Mr.
Fish
No. 467.]
Legation of the United, States, Paris, June 15, 1871.
(Received June 29.)
Sir: Lieutenant Colonel Count Waldersee, the new
chargé d’affaires for the German Empire near the French government, arrived
in Paris yesterday, and to-morrow will relieve me of the duties which I have
discharged for the past eleven months, as connected with the protection of
German subjects in France. He brought with him a letter from the Prince
Bismarck, a copy of which I inclose herewith. I shall have the honor, at a
subsequent time, of addressing you another and further communication upon
this subject. I will only say that I feel great satisfaction in being
relieved from the duties I have performed in this connection. I hope now to
be able to leave for Carlsbad by the last of the present month.
I have the honor, &c.,
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Sir: I have the honor to inform your excellency
that, in order to restore the regular diplomatic intercourse between the
German Empire and French Republic, I have appointed Lieutenant Colonel
Count Waldersee, the bearer of the present letter, chargé d’affaires at
Paris preparatory to the nomination of a representative of His Majesty
the Emperor.
His Majesty has commanded me to convey to your excellency the grateful
acknowledgment for the zeal and kindness you have devoted to the
interests of the German residents under circumstances of extraordinary
difficulty, and with corresponding sacrifice of time and personal
comfort. I beg to add the reiterated expression of the sense of
obligation I shall ever preserve for the uniform promptness and courtesy
I have experienced from you in a business connection of nearly a
twelvemonths’ duration.
With sentiments of the highest consideration, I have the honor to be your
excellency’s obedient servant,
