763.72119/3672
The Minister in the Netherlands (
Garrett
) to the Acting Secretary
of State
No. Lux. 12
The Hague
, January
11, 1919.
[Received February 7.]
Sir: With reference to my telegram No. 5609 of
January 9th [4th],12 I have the honor to
transmit herewith for such action as may be deemed appropriate, copy and
translation of a note received yesterday from Mr. E. Reuter, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, under date of
December 31, 1918, informing me that the Government of the Grand Duchy
had denounced the conventions with Germany of November 11, 1902,13 as well as the treaty
with Germany 20th/25th of October 1865.14
I have [etc.]
[Page 446]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxemburg
(
Reuter
) to the American Minister in the
Netherlands (
Garrett
)
Luxembourg
, 31
December, 1918.
Monsieur le Ministre: I have the honor to
call to the attention of Your Excellency the fact that the Grand
Ducal Government has just cancelled, at the office of Foreign
Affairs at Berlin, the conventions concluded between the Grand Duchy
and the German Empire on November 11, 1902, concerning the
exploitation of the Guillaume Luxembourg railroads, and the
accession of the Grand Duchy to the German Customs Union as well as
the treaty of the 20th/25th of October, 1865, concerning the
continuation of the accession of the Grand Duchy to the customs
system of Prussia and the other States of the Customs Union. The
Government has declared that it no longer considers these treaties
and conventions obligatory for it.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will cease to be part of the German
Customs Union from January 1, 1919.
Accept [etc.]
