Minister Wilson to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Wilson informs department that he has just received from foreign office the following note verbale: The Government of the King has made known to St. Petersburg that it has no objection that [Page 1117] the mode of adhesion proposed by the Russian Government be adopted, since this procedure would appear to meet with the assent of all the contracting States required by article 60 of the convention. In using the wording “signatory powers” in the unofficial note of March 23, it was meant to describe by that the “contracting “powers to the terms of the said article 60. Regarding the special situation of Turkey, which signed and did not ratify the convention and to which Russia addressed the circular April 19, 1906, it is supposed that explanations in this respect will ultimately be given. The Imperial Government is alone in a position to reply at the present time to the question. Mr. Wilson states that they are not advised in what terms the invitation to take part in new conference has been addressed by it to the Ottoman Government.)