Mr. Tripp to Mr.
Gresham.
United
States Legation,
Vienna, October 19,
1894. (Received November 2.)
No. 102.]
Sir: I have the honor of submitting herewith
the translation of a note just received from the imperial and royal
ministry of foreign affairs of Austria-Hungary, making favorable
response to my note of September 20, 1894, in which was presented the
earnest request of the United States that Austria-Hungary would, if it
had not already done so, adopt regulations similar to those already
adopted by the United States, Great Britain, and France for the
prevention of collisions at sea, in accordance with the recommendations
of the International Marine Congress held at Washington in 1889.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure in No.
102—Translation.]
The Honorable Bartlett
Tripp,
United States Minister at
Vienna.
Sir: In the esteemed note of September 17,
1894, No. 66, the honorable envoy of the United States was pleased
to submit copy of a proclamation, made by the President of the
United States, relating to the adoption of regulations framed by the
Congress of August 19, 1890, for preventing collisions at sea,
expressing at the same time the desire that Austria-Hungary would
also adopt these regulations.
In reply the ministry of foreign affairs now has the honor of
informing the honorable envoy that Austria-Hungary is prepared to
adopt the regulation in question in so far as it was proposed by
England in 1892, and as recently reproduced in the English programme
of February, 1894, and that it is intended to let a regulation in
conformity therewith take effect on March 1, 1895.
The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity, etc.
Vienna, October 17,
1894.
For the minister of foreign affairs,
Glauz.
