Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Mr. Buck.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 28, 1901.

(Mr. Hay states that the registration as superficies of titles to perpetual leases is not acceptable to this Government without some authoritative interpretation of the Japanese Government that title under that style is not inferior to that of the perpetual lease; and that, so far as advised, this Government is not prepared to concede that buildings on perpetual leases are subject to taxation not specified in original lease.

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