Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Adee to Mr. Hart .

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , August 27, 1902 .

(Replying to Mr. Hart’s telegram of August 21, Mr. Adee states that article 8 of the treaty of 1846 stipulates equitable and sufficient indemnification; that the treaty does not stipulate when compensation shall be made but, according to general principles of international law, private property is subject to seizure only by way of military necessity, and the military commander must cause receipts to be given which will serve owner to obtain indemnification guaranteed by treaty, unless compensation is made at the time of seizure.)