Mr. Wharton to Mr. Phelps.

No. 433.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 447, of the 22d ultimo, concerning the protection of American inventors in Germany.

The Department’s No. 420, of May 19, 1892, sufficiently answers the further statements of the imperial secretary of state for foreign affairs, in relation to the nonpublication of the notification in question, pending the conclusion of a trade-mark treaty which will definitely adjust the matter.

I am, sir,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.