Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay.
Berlin, August 7, 1902.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the due receipt of your instructions, Nos. 1347 and 1369, respectively, of June 5 and July 17, relating to the expulsion of the brothers Albert and Nathan Eisemann.
When this case was first brought to the attention of the German foreign office, reference was made to the words “for police reasons,” but so long as there was a possibility that the orders complained of might be recalled in toto, no especial stress was laid upon their use. Upon the permission for the Messrs. Eisemann to remain in Prussia being extended for a second time—until April next—a formal request was made “that in justice to the gentlemen in question some official statement be made to the effect that the expulsion order had been issued on account of the nonperformance of military service and not on account of anything against the character of the parties concerned.”
There is reason to believe that some such certificate of character will be made public before long, although it is not yet known what form this will take.
I have, etc.,