Ambassador Meyer to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, July 21, 1905.
St. Petersburg, July 21, 1905.
If Russian commander does not give notice to the prize court of capture of vessels, article 64, Russian naval prize regulations, the owner must act under article 88, same regulations. For that reason wired, as per cable 18th, to avoid repetition Arabia case. The embassy, according to Russian law of procedure, can not present itself as a party in the claim (article 60, same regulations). I am presenting the matter diplomatically to the foreign office, so as to give pressure to the legal procedures.
Meyer.