No. 17.
Mr. Delaplaine to Mr. Fish.
American
Legation,
Vienna,
May 26, 1874. (Received June 12.)
No. 749.]
Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit copy of
my note on the occasion of the retirement of Baron Lederer, addressed to the
minister for foreign affairs, in pursuance of your instructions. Also copy
of a translation of reply to the same, received at the legation this
morning.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 749.]
Mr. Delaplaine to
Count Andrássy.
American Legation,
Vienna, May 16,
1874.
F. O., 269.]
To his Excellency the Count
Andrássy,
Imperial and Royal Minister for
Foreign Affairs:
The undersigned, chargé d’affaires of the United States of America, has
the honor to advise his excellency the Count Andrássy, minister of the
imperial house and for foreign affairs, that he has received a
communication from the State Department, at Washington, inclosing copy
of a letter dated 24th April last, addressed to Messrs. Wm. T. Otto and
Luis de Potestad, arbitrators in the American and Spanish Claims
Commission, by his excellency the Austro-Hungarian envoy, Baron de
Lederer, announcing his excellency’s resignation of the position of
umpire to that commission.
The undersigned has been instructed by the honorable Mr. Secretary Fish
to express to the imperial and royal government the regret with which
the President learns of the retirement of Baron Lederer from duties for
which he has shown such qualification, and the sense of the President of
the ability and learning with which the baron has devoted himself to
their performance.
The undersigned has been further instructed to request his excellency the
minister for foreign affairs to be pleased to convey to Baron Lederer
the thanks of the President for the valuable services rendered by him in
the interest of the two governments represented in the commission.
The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to his
excellency the Count Andrássy the assurance of his distinguished
consideration.
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[Inclosure 2 in No.
749.—Translation.]
The Imperial and Royal Ministry
for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Delaplaine, dated 22d
May, 1874.
7016, IV.]
To Mr. Delaplaine, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of
America:
The imperial and royal ministry of foreign affairs with pleasure hastens
to advise Baron Lederer, the former envoy of His Imperial and Royal
Apostolic Majesty at Washington, of the highly honorable recognition, by
his Excellency the President of the United States of America, of the
good services rendered by Baron Lederer as umpire in the American and
Spanish Claims Commission.
While it proves a subject of sincere satisfaction to the imperial and
royal government to learn that its representative has succeeded in
justifying the confidence placed in him through his selection to that
charge, the undersigned has the honor to claim the courteous mediation
of the chargé d’affaires of the United States for the purpose of
communicating to his Government the thanks of the undersigned for the
favorable and generous opinion entertained by it which in the note of
the chargé d’affaires, of the 16th instant, has been expressed in such
complimentary terms.
The undersigned avails himself at the same time of this occasion to renew
to the chargé d’affaires the assurance of his highest consideration.
Vienna, 22d May,
1874.
For the minister for foreign
affairs,
HOFMANN.