Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay.

No. 2122.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that the embassy intervened on the 25th ultimo in behalf of one Mads Peder L. Fysant, an American citizen of Danish origin, to the end that he be permitted to remain in Prussia until October 17.

Fysant was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1867, and emigrated to the United States in 1881, duly becoming naturalized as an American citizen. Last August he returned to Germany on a visit to his parents, at Langetwedt, in Schleswig, and after he had been there about a month he was told by the local police that he would be expelled if he did not leave of his own accord at once. Nothing further was heard from Fysant after intervention in his behalf was made, and it now appears that he was not molested again.

The foreign office has informed the embassy to-day that Fysant was permitted to remain in Prussia in accordance with its request, but that his further sojourn in his former home was not desired, as he had evaded military service by his emigration.

I have, etc.,

John B. Jackson.