File No. 765.67/409.

The Italian Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State .

No. 1635.]

Mr. Secretary of State: By order of the King’s Government I have the honor to announce to your excellency that the state of war between Italy and Turkey has terminated by the conclusion of a treaty of peace signed at Lausanne on October 18th instant between plenipotentiaries of the two nations.

The Turkish Government having pledged itself by this treaty to immediately withdraw its troops from Tripoli and Cyrenaica, which by the law of February 25, 1912, have been subjected to Italian sovereignty, I have the honor to ask your excellency on behalf of my Government to have the United States recognize the sovereignty of Italy over Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Please accept [etc.]

G. Catalani.