No. 244.
Mr. Lowell
to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
[Extract.]
Legation of
the United States,
London, August 28, 1883.
(Received September 13.)
No. 615.]
Sir: I have the honor to acquaint you that I
received on the 23d instant from Lord Granville a note, a copy of which I
inclose herewith, * * * in which he inquires whether Her Majesty’s
Government correctly understand the intention of the United States
Government to be that the-provisions of Article XXXII, which relate to
Newfoundland, shall cease to be in force and operation at the same time as
the articles recited in the notice which relate to the Dominion of Canada,
treaty of 1871.
It seems to me that the protocol of the conference held by the Secretary of
State and the British minister May 28, 1874 (see supplement of the Revised
Statutes, Vol. I, p. 622), and recited in the proclamation of the President
May 29, 1874, sufficiently declares that the articles from 18 to 25
inclusive, and Article XXX of the treaty shall take effect, so far as
Newfoundland is concerned, in accordance with Article XXXIII, and I should
think, therefore, that the notice under Article XXXIII of the termination of
the first-mentioned articles must apply by implication to Newfoundland as
well as to the Dominion of Canada.
I have thought it better, however, not to discuss the question with his
lordship, but to refer his inquiry to the Department of State. I herewith
inclose copy of my reply.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 615.]
Lord Granville to
Mr. Lowell.
Foreign
Office, August 22,
1883.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 2d ultimo, in which you give notice that the
provisions of Articles XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, and
XXX of the treaty of May 8, 1871, between Great Britain
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and the United States, will terminate and
he of no force on the expiration of two years next after the date of the
said notice.
In accepting this notice on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government, I have
the honor to inquire whether Her Majesty’s Government correctly
understand the intention of the United States Government to be that the
provisions of Article XXXII, which relate to Newfoundland, shall cease
to be in force and operation at the same time as the articles recited in
the notice, which relate to the Dominion of Canada.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 615.]
Mr. Lowell to Lord
Granville.
Legation of the United States,
London, August 23,
1883.
My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the
reception of your lordship’s note of yesterday, in which you inquire
whether in accepting the notice which I have given to Her Majesty’s
Government, under the instructions of the Department of State, that the
provisions of Articles XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, and
XXX of the treaty of May 8, 1871, between the United States and Great
Britain, will terminate and be of no force on the expiration of two
years next after the date of said notice. Her Majesty’s Government
correctly understands the intention of the United States Government to
be, that the provisions of Article XXXII which relate to Newfoundland
shall cease to be in force and operation at the same time as the
articles recited in the notice which relate to the Dominion of
Canada.
I beg to state, in reply, that I have transmitted your lordship’s inquiry
to the Department of State, and shall have the honor of addressing your
lordship another communication on the subject as soon as I receive an
answer.
I have, &c.,
