No. 83.
Mr. White
to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of
the United States,
Rio de
Janeiro, August 26, 1880.
(Received October 2.)
No. 176.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of
the note received from his excellency, Mr. Pedro Luis P. de Souza, minister
and secretary of state for foreign affairs; also a translated copy of same,
in reply to my note of the 18th instant, respecting the appointment by His
Majesty the Emperor, of the third commissioner of the commission, to sit at
Washington under the treaty between the United States of America and France,
recently ratified, and ratifications exchanged by both countries. Believing
it to be of importance that you should have early information of the
decision of his majesty, who has selected his envoy at Brussels, Baron de
Arinos, I this day sent you the following cablegram:
Evarts, Secretary, Washington:
‘Baron Arinos, minister to Brussels, third commissioner, to arrive at
Washington, October.
WHITE, Chargé.
I have, &.,
[Inclosure in No.
176.—Translation.]
Senhor de Souza to
Mr. White.
Pceeicn
Office, Rio de Janeiro,
August 26, 1880.
Mr. John C. White, chargé d’affaires ad interim of
the United States of America, was pleased to communicate to me by his
note of the 18th instant that on the 23d of June
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there were exchanged, the ratifications of the
convention concluded on the 15th of January between France and those
states for the judgment, by means of a mixed commission, according to
the conditions established by the conventions, of the claims arising
from losses suffered by citizens of the two countries.
The commission being composed of three members, and one of them having to
be nominated by the Emperor, who has already accepted the charge, Mr.
Chargé d’Affaires asks at the same time that this nomination be made
with promptitude in order that the commission may be able to meet in
Washington at the time stipulated.
In response it behooves me to communicate to Mr. Chargé d’Affaires that
the choice of his majesty has fallen on Baron de Arinos, his envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Brussels, and that this
gentleman will be at Washington in the month of October.
I avail myself, &c.,
