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File No. 19375/11.

Ambassador Kerens to the Secretary of State.

American Embassy,
Vienna, May 28, 1910.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Wilson’s dispatch No. 13, dated May 13, 1910, instructing this embassy to obtain authentic and definite information as to the age of enrollment in Hungary.

I have to-day addressed a note to the imperial and royal minister for foreign affairs on the subject, copy of which I inclose, and upon receipt of a reply thereto I shall promptly transmit the same to the department.

I have, etc.,

R. C. Kerens.
[Enclosure.]

Ambassador Kerens to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

American Embassy,
Vienna, May 27, 1910.
No 15.]

Your Excellency: Acting under instructions of my Government, I have the honor to ask your excellency for an authoritative statement as to the age at which a male Hungarian citizen is subject to enrollment, by conscription, in the army, and to which reference is made in Article II of the naturalization treaty of 1871 between the United States of America and the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The favor of a prompt reply would be greatly appreciated.

I avail, etc.,

R. C. Kerens.