Mr. Townsend to Mr.
Hay
.
Legation of the United States,
Brussels
,
June 4,
1900
.
No. 57.]
Sir: Supplementary to my dispatch of 1st
instant, No. 55, in which I reported the visit of the minister of
foreign affairs, who called at the legation to express his thanks for
the valuable assistance rendered by the United States in the matter of
the adhesion of Liberia to the convention of June 8, 1899, I have the
honor to transmit herewith a copy and translation of a note just
received from the minister for foreign affairs expressing the gratitude
of His Majesty’s Government and requesting me to transmit the same to
the Department.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Favereau to
Mr. Townsend
.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Brussels
,
June 2,
1900
.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s dispatch dated May 31
last, to which was annexed the copy of a communication of the
secretary of state of Liberia to the charge d’affaires of the United
States at Monrovia, relating to the adhesion of the Republic of
Liberia to the convention of the 8th day of June, 1899.
I beg your excellency to have the kindness to transmit to your
Government the thanks of the Government of the King for the good
offices it has tendered in this connection. Permit me at the same
time to express to you my gratitude for your courteous
intervention.
I avail, etc.,
