Mr. Hay to Mr. de Margerie.
Washington , December 21, 1901 .
Sir: Referring further to your note of the 24th ultimo, I have now the honor to inform you that on the 12th instant the governor of California wrote that he had been unaware of any violation of the consular convention concluded February 23, 1853, between the United States and France; that he regretted exceedingly that there should have been the slightest cause for complaint on the part of the consul of the French Republic in the matter, and that he had brought the provisions of the convention to the attention of the judges, sheriffs, police officers, and peace officers generally, to the end that all future cause for similar complaints may be obviated.
Accept, etc.,