File No. 881.00/586.
The Secretary of State to the French Chargé d’Affaires.
Washington , July 24, 1914 .
Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note of July 16 in reply to that of the Department under date of February 13, 1914, relative to the recognition by the Government of the United States of the French protectorate in Morocco and the desire of this Government for the settlement of certain questions affecting American citizens and American protégés and their rights in that country.
The American Government has assured the Government of the French Republic of its favorable disposition towards the reform which the French protectorate proposes and will give the remarks contained in your note referred to above careful consideration.
Accept [etc.]