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

The British Foreign Office to Chargé Carter.

Foreign Office, September 8, 1909.

Sir: In reply to Mr. Whitelaw Reid’s note of July 22 last, I have the honor to state that His Majesty’s Government agree to the renewal of the modus vivendi of 1908 for the regulation of the Newfoundland fisheries until the termination of the arbitration proceedings before The Hague tribunal for the settlement of the Atlantic fisheries questions.

His Majesty’s Government suggest that Mr. Whitelaw Reid’s note of July 22 and my present reply should be regarded as constituting a sufficient ratification of the above understanding without the necessity for embodying it in a more formal document.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

E. Grey.