Mr. Runyon to Mr. Gresham.
Berlin, November 15, 1894. (Received November 30.)
Sir: I beg very respectfully to report progress in the matter of the prohibition by the German authorities of American cattle and American fresh beef. I yesterday again called upon Baron von Marschall, imperial secretary of state for foreign affairs, in reference to it, and was informed by him that the subject is still under investigation, no conclusion having yet been reached, and that so soon as the authorities shall be able to determine what course sanitary considerations (which it is insisted are alone involved in and the cause of the existing prohibition) render it expedient to pursue, whether to continue or withdraw or modify the prohibition, action will be taken accordingly, and the result will be communicated without delay.
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