Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay .
Berlin , July 18, 1899 .
(Mr. Jackson reports that Mr. Hay’s telegram of the 17th instant was communicated to the acting secretary of state for foreign affairs. No complaint, Baron Richthofen says, has been made by Belgium, whose Government was some time ago informed that if American cattle were admitted into Belgium prohibitory decrees would be issued. The German Government maintains that, so far as we are concerned, there is no change in the situation. So long as the direct importation of American beef is prohibited, its indirect importation could not be permitted. Mr. Jackson requested that his representations be considered as applying to the general question.)