Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part II

File No. 2751.

The Acting Secretary of State to Consul-General Iddings.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.—Extract.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 1, 1906.

(Mr. Adee informs Mr. Iddings that no ground is disclosed in his cable for refusing passport to Waldberg, and that American diplomatic and consular officers exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction have no authority to expel or deport; nor can the department confer such authority. Mr. Adee states further that officers have jurisdiction to arrest and try American citizens for offenses of criminal libel, according to common law. Directs Mr. Iddings to consult American judge mixed tribunals.)