No. 445.
Mr. Hoffman to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of
the United States,
St.
Petersburg, June 4, 1878.
(Received June 20.)
No. 42.]
Sir: Referring to Mr. Stoughton’s dispatch No. 19,
in reference to discriminating duties imposed upon United States commerce in
Russia, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a note this day
received from Mr. de Giers upon this subject, with a translation of the
same.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure in No.
42.—Translation.]
Mr. de Giers to Mr.
Hoffman.
Sir: By his note of the 18–28th March last Mr.
Stoughton renewed his reclamation regarding the differences which exist
in the Russian tariff as regards the import duties on merchandise
according to its importation by land or by sea, insisting on the injury
which resulted therefrom to the commerce of the subjects of the United
States, and on the violation which might he found therein of the spirit
and letter of the treaty of 1832.
The imperial ministry has devoted to the contents of this new note an
attentive consideration, hut to their great regret do not find good
reasons for sharing, in this affair, the views of the Government of the
United States of America.
Accept, sir, &c.
