Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 5315/625.

Ambassador Reid to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
London, December 11, 1909.

Mr. Reid says the foreign office has received a reply from the French Government which is considered unsatisfactory and as demanding more than the English can accede to, and that the foreign office has to-day telegraphed representative of British group now negotiating in Paris to sacrifice in favor of French sufficient mileage to make French and German sections equal in length. Adds that it is hoped French foreign office will accept such a compromise.