Mr. Hay to Mr. Townsend .
Washington , June 7, 1900 .
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 1st instant, reading as follows:
Government of Belgium wishes to know if adhesion of the United States to the convention controlling traffic spirituous liquors in Central America is likely to reach Brussels before June 8 next.
In reply to a similar inquiry from the Belgian minister at Washington, the Department replied, on June 2, that, as Count de Lichtervelde was duly advised at the time, this convention was transmitted by the President to the Senate on December 13 last, with a view to receive its advice and consent to this Government’s adhesion. No action thereon by the Senate having been reported to this Department the Department, on the 2d instant, called the attention of the appropriate committee to it and represented its urgency.
I am, etc.,