Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part II

The Acting Secretary of State to the Turkish Minister.

Department of State,
Washington, July 24, 1906.

No. 16.]

Sir: Referring to your note of the 4th ultimo, stating that letters of attorney can be drawn up and authenticated in the Ottoman Empire only by the courts of the “shéri” and by notaries, I have the honor to inform you that the contents of your note have been brought to the notice of the American embassy at Constantinople.

Accept, etc.,

Robert Bacon.