The Danish Legation to the Secretary of State .
Washington , May 27, 1907 .
Mr. Secretary of State: Referring to note, No. 671, which your excellency had the kindness to address to the legation on March 25 last, I have the honor, by order of my Government, to inform you that the necessary instructions have been sent to the Danish consul at Shanghai (the consular headquarters for the whole of China) in order to authorize him to protect American trade-marks, duly deposited in Denmark, against violations by Danish subjects in China, to the same extent as Danish marks of the same nature are protected.
The law which the Danish court at Shanghai is called upon to enforce in the premises is the Danish law of April 11, 1890, amended by the law of December 19, 1898, and the ordinances of September 28, 1894, and September 12, 1902.
Hoping to receive a note informing me that the diplomatic and consular officers of the United States in the Middle Kingdom have had the necessary instructions sent to them in order to insure reciprocity [Page 268] by granting the protection of the United States consular courts in China to Danish subjects against American citizens who have counterfeited Danish trade-marks regularly deposited in the United States, I beg of you, Mr. Secretary of State, to accept the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.