No. 235.
Mr. Lowell
to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
Legation of
the United States,
London, July 2, 1883.
(Received July 14.)
No. 574.]
Sir: Referring to my No. 563, of the sixth of June
last, I have the honor to acquaint you that on the 26th of June last I
addressed a note to Lord Granville, requesting him to appoint an hour this,
the 2d day of July, when he would receive me at the foreign office in order
to
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accept the notice which I was
instructed to give to day of the termination of certain articles of the
treaty of May 8, 1871.
On the 28th of June last I received a reply from Lord Granville, saying that
he would receive me at 3 o’clock to-day at the foreign office.
I accordingly went to the foreign office at the hour indicated, and delivered
to Lord Granville personally the notice which was directed by the joint
resolution of the Congress of the United States, approved March 3, 1883, to
be given to Her Majesty’s Government of the termination of Articles XVIII to
XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of the treaty between the United States and
Great Britain of May 8, 1871.
I have informed you to day by telegraph of my action in the matter.
I herewith inclose copies of the correspondence above mentioned and of the
notice.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 574.]
Mr. Lowell to Lord
Granville.
Legation of the United States,
June 26, 1883.
The minister of the United States presents his compliments to the right
honorable the Earl Granville, Her Majesty’s secretary of state for
foreign affairs, and requests that his lordship will kindly appoint an
hour on Monday, July 2 next, when he will receive Mr. Lowell at the
foreign office, in order to accept the notice which Mr. Lowell is
instructed to give on that day of the termination of certain articles of
the treaty of May 8, 1871.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 574.]
Lord Granville to
Mr. Lowell.
Foreign
Office, June 28,
1883.
Earl Granville, Her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign
affairs, presents his compliments to Mr. Lowell, the minister of the
United States, and in reply to his letter of the 26th instant, begs
leave to say that he will have much pleasure in receiving Mr. Lowell at
the foreign office at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 2.
[Inclosure 3 in No. 574.]
Mr. Lowell to Lord
Granville.
Legation of the United States,
London, July 2,
1883.
My Lord: Referring to my note to your lordship
of the 18th of April last, and to your lordship’s reply of the 27th of
the same month, I have the honor to recapitulate the statements I made
in that note to the following effect: That I received on the said 18th
of April a dispatch from Mr. Frelinghuysen, inclosing a copy of a joint
resolution of both houses of Congress of the United States, providing
for the termination of certain articles of the treaty between the United
States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, concluded at Washington,
May 8, 1871, which articles, under the protocol signed June 7, 1873,
took effect on the 1st day of July, 1873, and by the terms of the
original treaty, are subject to termination by either party on two
years’ notice, given at the expiration of ten years from July 1, 1873.
This resolution, which was approved March 3, 1883, directs the President
to give notice to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty that the
provisions of each and every of the articles numbered XVIII to XXV,
inclusive, and of Article XXX of the treaty of May 8, 1871, will
terminate and be of no force on the expiration of two years next after
the time of giving
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such
notice, which the President is further directed to give on the 1st day
of July, 1883, or as soon thereafter as may be.
I am, therefore, instructed by the President of the United States to
comply with the directions of Congress in this matter as set forth in
the resolution, by giving the notice required; and as the 1st day of
July falls on Sunday, I am further instructed to give this notice on the
succeeding day.
I do, therefore, this 2d day of July, in the year 1883, on behalf of the
President of the United States, hereby give notice to the Government of
Her Britannic Majesty that the provisions of each and every of the
articles numbered XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, and XXX
of the treaty of May 8, 1871, between the United States of America and
Her Britannic Majesty, will terminate and be of no force on the
expiration of two years next after the time of giving notice.
I have, &c.,
