Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay.
Berlin, November 25, 1898.
Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 605 of the 15th instant, I have the honor to inform you that the following notice appeared in last night’s issue of the Berliner Correspondenz:
Also in November of this year, has San Jose scale been found present in shipments of fruits from America, with more or less frequency. During this month the scale has already been found present in five shipments of dried pears and nectarines at Hamburg, one of these shipments being strongly infected. These shipments were held up, and their reexportation, under official control, ordered.
It will be remembered that the Berliner Correspondenz is a news sheet which is issued daily when parliament is in session, and at irregular intervals at other times by the Prussian ministry of the interior—that office of the Government which is usually, and particularly at the present time, considered the most reactionary. Anything appearing in that sheet is consequently to be regarded as directly “inspired,” and notices similar to those quoted are widely copied by the press. The object of their publication, for which there would appear to be no actual necessity, can readily be surmised.
I have, etc.,