The Secretary of State to
the Danish Minister
No. 410
Department of State,
Washington,
June 3, 1902.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 30th ultimo, by which you inform me that you
have been authorized by your Government, by telegraph, to sign a
protocol for the extension of the time mentioned in Article VII of the
Treaty of January 24, 1902, concerning the Danish West Indies, within
which the ratifications of the said treaty may be exchanged.
Inasmuch as the accomplishment of this object involves the amendment of a
treaty already passed upon by the Senate of the United States, it is
necessary that any instrument I may sign to that end shall also be
submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent, and such instrument
should be in the form of a supplementary treaty.
I have the honor therefore to enclose herewith for your consideration a
draft of a supplementary treaty prolonging for a period of twelve months
from July 24, 1902, the time within which the ratifications of the said
treaty of January 24, 1902, may be exchanged.
Should the draft prove acceptable to you I shall be pleased to have it
prepared for signature if you will kindly furnish me with the Danish
text.
Accept [etc.]
[Inclosure]
Draft of Supplementary Convention
The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark
finding it expedient to extend the time within which may be
exchanged the ratifications of the treaty providing for the cession
to the United States of the Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and
Sainte Croix in the West Indies, signed by their respective
plenipotentiaries at Washington on January 24, 1902, have for that
purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries as follows:
- The President of the United States of America, John Hay,
Secretary of State of the United States, and
- His Majesty the King of Denmark, M. Constantine Brun,
Commander of Dannebrog and decorated with the cross of the
same order, His Majesty’s Chamberlain and Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at
Washington.
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full
powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon the
following amendatory article.
Sole Article
The time fixed by Article VII of the Treaty of January 24, 1902,
between the United States and Denmark providing for the cession to
the United States of the Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and
Sainte Croix in the West Indies, within which the ratifications of
the said Treaty shall be exchanged, is hereby prolonged for a period
of twelve months from July 24, 1902.
Done in duplicate at Washington in the English and Danish languages,
this — day of —, 1902.
