File No. 763.72113/493
The Ambassador in Great Britain (
Page) to the
Secretary of State
No. 8476
London,
March 8, 1918.
[Received March 25.]
Sir: In amplification of my cable No. 8913 of
March 6 (3 p.m.),2 I have
the honor to transmit, herewith, for your information an extract from
Deutscher Reichsanzeiger of February 4 and
Münchner Neueste Nachrichten of February 5,
1918, to the effect that on 30th January a notice was issued by the
German Imperial Chancellor extending the provision requiring the
notification of enemy property in Germany to property of citizens of the
United States; also the extension to such citizens of the provisions
requiring notification of German claims against enemy subjects.
I have [etc.]
(For the Ambassador)
Irwin Laughlin
[Enclosure]
Summary of Statements Published in “Deutscher
Reichsanzeiger,” February 4, 1918, and “Münchner Neueste
Nachrichten,” February 5, 1918
A notice issued by the Imperial Chancellor under date 30th January
extends the provisions requiring notification of enemy property in
Germany to the property of the subjects of Japan, Portugal, Italy,
the United States, Panama, Cuba, Siam, Liberia, China, and Brazil.
This property is to be notified directly to the Trustee for Enemy
Property. At the same time the provisions requiring notification of
German claims against enemy subjects are extended to claims against
the subjects of the United States, Panama, Cuba, Siam, Liberia,
China, and Brazil. Only claims which took shape as pecuniary claims
before certain fixed dates are notifiable. The fixed dates are as
follows: for claims against the United States, 6th April 1917;
against Panama, 7th April 1917; against Cuba, 10th April 1917;
against Siam, 22d July 1917; against Liberia, 4th August 1917;
against China, 14th August 1917; against Brazil, 26th October 1917.
Notification must be made directly to the Business Office for
Foreign Claims, Berlin.
