Ambassador Thompson
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Mexico, May 31,
1906.
No. 74.]
Sir: With reference to the department’s
dispatches Nos. 15 and 32,a of April 25 and May 18, respectively, and to this
embassy’s No. 65,a of May
24, I inclose herewith a copy and translation of a note received from
the foreign office, under date of the 26th instant, with reference to
the treaty for the arbitration of pecuniary claims, signed at the Second
International American Conference, and saying that since the
ratification by the United States and by Mexico no other country has
communicated having ratified the said instrument, neither has there been
any correspondence from any of the governments which have not yet
ratified with respect to their reasons for not doing so.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure—Translation.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Ambassador Thompson.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, May
26, 1906.
Mr. Ambassador: In reply to your
excellency’s note of the 24th instant, in which, pursuant to
instructions received from your Government, you requested certain
information with reference to the treaty for the arbitration of
pecuniary claims, signed at the Second International American
Conference, I have the honor to communicate to your excellency that
since the ratification by the United States and by Mexico no other
country has communicated having ratified the said instrument,
neither has there been any correspondence from any of the
governments which have not yet ratified it with respect to their
reasons for not doing so.
I renew, etc.,
