File No. 367.114M69/171.
The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.
Washing ton, November 11, 1912.
Repeat the following to the Consulate-General at Smyrna, retaining a copy for the files of the Embassy:
Your 63, October 15. The views of the Department regarding the principles determining right of jurisdiction over captain of Texas remain unaltered. The manner and occasion for impressing these views upon the Ottoman Government, however, are matter of expediency in regard to which Embassy has been authorized to use its discretion. Pending settlement of question of jurisdiction you should make appropriate representations to local authorities with a view to securing that the conditions of his imprisonment shall accord with what is due international courtesy in the case of one whose amenability to local jurisdiction is contested by a friendly nation.