Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

Chargé Iddings to the Secretary of State.

American Embassy,
Rome, Italy , April 5, 1905 .

No. 478.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith passport No. 2816, issued by this embassy on July 5, 1904, to one Ralph Gironda.^a It appears that this passport was presented at the inspection for the steamship Canopic March 15, 1905, by an individual who was palpably not the owner thereof. A copy of a letter from the consul at Naples to the consul-general at Rome in regard to this matter is also sent under this cover.

I am, etc.,

Lewis Morris Iddings.

[Inclosure.]

Consul-General de Castro to Ambassador Meyer.

American Consulate-General,
Rome , March 21, 1905 .

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the following letter from the American consul at Naples, accompanying the passport herein inclosed:

“Hon. de Castro, American Consul-General, Rome.

Sir: I have the honor to forward, inclosed, for transmission to the embassy, passport No. 2816, which was presented at the inspection for steamship Canopic March 15, 1905, by an individual who was palpably not the owner thereof. He was also provided with an Italian passport, which described him correctly, whereas there was a most noticeable difference in the age and height given in the American passport. Evidently the owner having arrived in the United States had mailed this passport to some relatives here of the same name, who thus became in fraudulent possession.

“I am, sir, etc.,

A. H. Byington.”

Your obedient servant,

Hector de Castro.

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