Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Freiherr von dem Btissehe-Haddenhausen to Mr. Hay.

Imperial German Embassy,
Washington, April 4, 1903.

Dear Mr. Hay: The German, British, and Italian Governments, having agreed on the terms of a protocol to be signed by the representatives of those three powers, of Venezuela, and of the other powers interested about the submission of the question of preferential or separate treatment of the blockading powers to The Hague tribunal, I have the honor to submit to your excellency the draft of the said protocol.^a

Believe me, etc.,

Bussche.

1. See Protocol, page 439.