Mr. Romero to Mr. Gresham.
White Plains, N. Y., August 21, 1894. (Received August 23.)
Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 20th instant, with the inclosed documents, in which you request, in virtue of the treaty signed at Washington February 29, 1892, between the United States of America and Great Britain, the adhesion of the Government of Mexico to the regulations prescribed by the Tribunal of Arbitration organized in virtue of Article I of said treaty, applicable to the eastern side of the North Pacific Ocean from the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude to Bering Straits, for the protection and preservation of the fur seals, and to prevent their extermination by hunters in that region.
The signatory powers to this treaty propose to obtain the adhesion of the other nations to the regulations prescribed by the Tribunal of Arbitration, which have hitherto been binding upon the two contracting nations only, in order to prevent the extermination of the seals, a matter which concerns the civilized world, and to this end you request the adhesion of the Government of Mexico.
I have the honor to inform you in reply that I have transmitted to my Government a copy of your note, and of each of the inclosed documents, in order that, being informed of them and of the circumstances of the case, they may decide as they may deem convenient.
Accept, etc.,