The Acting Secretary of State to Chargé Hitt.
Washington, March 3, 1906.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 119, of the 30th [January], inclosing copy of the Italian Government’s reply to the inquiry made by this department, as to whether it desired to extend the period for extradition in the treaty between the United States and Italy.
The memorandum of the foreign office explains that the purpose of the supplementary treaty between Italy and Greece was to lengthen from one month to three months the entire term (including both the period of provisional detention and the time occupied by the subsequent proceedings up to the surrender) during which the fugitive might be held in custody before he could be set at liberty.
In view of this explanation, this Government does not think it needful to propose any amendment to the extradition treaty with Italy.
I am, etc.,