Mr. Uhl to Mr.
Olney.
Embassy
of the United States,
Berlin, May 9, 1896.
(Received May 22.)
No. 34.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herein
inclosed, a copy, with translation, of a note to day received from the
foreign office in regard to the existing prohibition of the importation
into Germany of American beef cattle and fresh beef. A copy of the
embassy’s note referred to, F. O. 296, was sent to the Department with
General Runyon’s dispatch No. 368, of September 18, 1895. As will be
seen from the note, no copy of the memorandum which is to be furnished
to the Department by the German ambassador in Washington has been sent
me, and I would respectfully ask to be supplied with one by the State
Department.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure in No.
34.—Translation.]
Baron von
Marschall to Mr. Uhl.
Foreign Office,
Berlin, May 7,
1896.
The undersigned, referring to the note of the 18th of September last,
F. O. 296, has the honor to inform His Excellency Mr. Edwin F. Uhl,
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of
America, that the proposal, which was made on the part of America,
that the prohibition of the importation of American beef cattle and
fresh beef which was ordered on the part of Germany in 1894 be done
away with has been given a thorough examination by the proper
officials of the interior department, and that they, as a result of
this investigation, do not, to their regret, find themselves in a
position to bring about the annulling of the prohibition.
While the undersigned permits himself to add that the imperial
ambassador in Washington has been instructed to furnish to the
Government there a memorandum based upon the opinion of the imperial
health office, containing detailed information regarding the reasons
for this action, he avails himself, etc.,
