File No. 3294/29.

The Secretary of State to Ambassador McCormick .

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Root informs Mr. McCormick that the consul at Marseilles telegraphed that the imprisonment of Mr. Jacobs still continues, although the extradition was authorized March 30. Mr. Root instructs Mr. McCormick to ascertain if the continued detention is in accordance with the French law.)