Chargé Weitzel to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Mr. Weitzel refers to department’s November 30,1 and says he is informed by secretary of state for foreign affairs that his Government has prepared full powers giving authority to minister to sign arbitration agreement as suggested in department’s note of October 20, but not as proposed in note of November 2. Says former is interpreted to be acceptance of terms of minister’s memorandum of July 10, limiting arbitration to two lines, neither of which is Anderson line.

  1. Not printed.