No. 138.
Mr. Lowell
to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
Legation of
the United States,
London, January 17, 1884.
(Received February 2.)
No. 693.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 688, of
October 16, 1883, I have the honor to inclose a copy of the correspondence,
since the reception of that dispatch, between this legation and the foreign
office, in reference to the termination of certain articles of the treaty of
May 8, 1871.
It will be seen by Lord Granville’s note that Her Majesty’s Government accept
the notice of the termination of these articles of the treaty as applying to
Newfoundland as well as to the Dominion of Canada.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 693.]
Mr. Lowell to Lord
Granville.
Legation of the United States,
London, November 16,
1883.
My Lord: Referring to your lordship’s note of
the 22d of August last, in which your lordship inquired whether, in
accepting the notice which I gave to Her Majesty’s Government, on the 2d
of July last, that the provisions of articles 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, and 30 of the treaty of May 8, 1871, between the United Stated
and Great Britain, will terminate and he of no force on the expiration
of two years from the date of said notice Government correctly
understand the intention of the United States Government to be that the
provisions of article 32, 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 the honor to
acquaint you that I lost no time in transmitting a copy of your
lordship’s note to the Department of State.
I have now received a reply from Mr. Frelinghuysen, in which I am
instructed to inform your lordship that Her Majesty’s Government
correctly understand the intention of the Government of the United
States to be that the provisions of article 32 of the treaty of
Washington, which relate to Newfoundland, shall cease to be in force and
operation at the same time as the articles recited in the notice of the
termination given by me on the 2d of July last which relate to the
Dominion of Canada.
Mr. Frelinghuysen states that your lordships inquiry does not appear to
invite any discussion of the points involved, or to ask anything more
than a simple declaration of the intention of the United States
Government as to the scope of the notice of the termination so given. He
states, however, for my information, the reasons why the thirty-second
article must be considered as in force so long as the other articles
which are specifically terminable are in force. As his views on this
subject may be interesting to your lordship, I venture to send you a
copy of his dispatch, although I have no instruction to do so.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 693.]
Lord Granville to
Mr. Lowell.
Foreign
Office, January 16,
1884.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 16th of November last, in which you state
that it is the intention of the Government of the United States that the
provisions of article 32 of the treaty of Washington, which relate
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to Newfoundland, shall cease
to be in force, and operation at the same time as the articles recited
in the notice of termination given by yon on the 2d of July last which
relate to the Dominion of Canada.
I have to state to you, in reply, that Her Majesty’s Government accept
this notice as applying to Newfoundland as well as to the Dominion of
Canada.
I have, &c.,
