Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 841.857 T53/41.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Consul General at Halifax .

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , April 29, 1912 .

You have no jurisdiction in the premises as there is no treaty provision with Great Britain granting consular officers authority to take charge of the effects of deceased Americans.

Wilson.