File No. 6685/3.
Ambassador Tower to the Secretary of State.
Berlin, August 8, 1907.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 649, of the 28th of May, 1907 (file No. 6685), in regard to the military case of one George Ahl, an American citizen who has been studying music in Berlin since 1905, but has been notified by the authorities that he must leave Germany.
The said Mr. Ahl applied at this embassy during the year 1905 for permission to extend his residence in Berlin after he had already been notified that he must leave Prussia, and at his request I addressed a note to the imperial German ministry for foreign affairs on the 27th of December, 1905, in which I asked that his wish for an extension of his permit to reside in Germany might be granted. In compliance with my note an extension was accordingly given to [Page 527] Mr. Ahl by the German authorities, and he was notified that he would be allowed to remain in Berlin until July 1, 1907.
Upon receipt of your dispatch of the 28th of May last I made an inquiry at the imperial ministry for foreign affairs in behalf of Mr. Ahl, as to whether a further extension could be granted to him in order that he might continue his musical studies in Berlin, but I was informed by the ministry for foreign affairs that it is not desirable that Mr. Ahl shall remain longer in Germany than the period already fixed for his departure, and that consequently the subject of extending his permit to remain here could not properly be reconsidered.
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