File No. 3294/7.
Ambassador McCormick to the Secretary of State .
Paris , January 21, 1907 .
(Mr. McCormick informs Mr. Root, in re Jacobs, that he is still in prison, notwithstanding the repeated remonstrances against his long detention without showing the cause. He also states that correspondence with the foreign office shows evident intention of giving him up without even advising or consulting the embassy, as is usually done. No extradition treaty was exchanged with the Argentine Republic, but a reciprocity letter. Mr. McCormick further states that he does not venture to push the matter further without instructions as Mr. Jacobs’s position is peculiar with regard to his right to claim the protection of the embassy, as shown by dispatch No. 204.)