Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

The Spanish Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Translation.]

Embassy of Spain,
Washington, December 20, 1915.

Mr. Secretary: With reference to your excellency’s note of November 16 last, I have the honor to inform you that His Majesty’s Government, according to a telegram I have received, concurs in extending from the 21st of June, 1915, to the 15th of February, 1916, the time set by the Treaty of September 15, 1914, for the appointment of the International Commission therein specified.

In so informing your excellency, I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurance of my highest consideration.

Juan Riaño.