File No. 811.5241/83, 84
Ambassador Page to
the Secretary of State
American Embassy,
London,
October 23, 1916.
Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a
copy of the notice sent to the British Government, under date of
September 13, 1916, that the Convention between the United States and
Great Britain relative to the tenure and disposition of real and
personal property was extended and applied to Island of Porto Rico.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure 1]
Chargé Laughlin
to Viscount Grey
American Embassy,
London,
September 13, 1916.
My Lord: I have the honor to acquaint your
lordship that under paragraph 3 of Article IV of the Convention
between the United States and Great Britain relative to the tenure
and disposition of real and personal property, signed at Washington
on March 2, 1899, the Senate of the United States on August 29 last
adopted a resolution advising and consenting to the giving of notice
by the President through the American Ambassador at London “that the
provisions of said convention are, by direction of the treaty-making
power of the United States, extended and applied to the Island of
Porto Rico.”
Following this action by the Senate the Secretary of State has
instructed me to address to your lordship the communication which I
have the honor to transmit herewith enclosed.
I have [etc.]
[Subinclosure]
[Untitled]
By direction of the treaty-making power of the United States, the
undersigned Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America has
the honor, in conformity with paragraph 3 of Article IV of the
Convention between the United States and Great Britain relating to
the tenure and disposition of real and personal property, signed at
Washington on March 2, 1899, hereby to give formal notice to His
Britannic Majesty’s Government that the provisions of the said
Convention are from this date extended and applied to the Island of
Porto Rico.
Irwin Laughlin
American Embassy,
London
, September 13, 1916.
[Inclosure 2]
The Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs to Chargé Laughlin
Foreign Office,
September 23, 1916.
Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 13th instant, in which, by direction of
your Government, you inform me that in accordance with a resolution
adopted by the Senate of the United States, the provisions of the
Convention of March 2, 1899 between the United Kingdom and the
United States relative to the disposal of real and personal property
are extended and applied to the Island of Porto Rico, from that
date.
I have [etc.]
For the Secretary of State:
W. Langley
