The Acting Secretary of State to the Portuguese Minister.

The undersigned, Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of to-day’s date in which his excellency the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, has been good enough to inform him that—

in view of the issuance by the President of the United States of America of the proclamations of January 29, 1910, and of February 21, 1910, extending to imports into the United States of America from the Kingdom of Portugal, the Azores and Madeira Islands, and from the Portuguese possessions, the benefit of the complete minimum tariff of the United States of America, it having been ascertained that no undue discrimination was being exercised in the Kindom of Portugal, the Azores and Madeira Islands or the Portuguese possessions, against the United States of America or the products thereof, and the principle of special concessions by Portugal to Spain and Brazil having thus been recognized, the Portuguese Government has decided to grant the citizens, merchandise, and ships of the United States of America the same treatment in Portugal and her possessions as that accorded to the citizens, merchandise, and ships of the most favored nations on the conditions that the subjects, merchandise, and ships of Portugal and of her possessions will likewise be treated in the United States of America in the same manner as those of the most favored nations.

Taking note of this declaration the undersigned hastens to declare, in the name of the Government of the United States of America, that the subjects, merchandise, and ships of Portugal and of her possessions will be treated in the United States of America in the same manner as those of the most favored nations.

The undersigned begs his excellency the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves to accept the renewed assurances of his highest consideration.

Huntington Wilson.