763.72119/3666
The Minister in Switzerland (Stovall) to the Acting Secretary of
State
No. 5578
Berne
, January
4, 1919.
[Received February 7.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith,
copy and translation of a note together with its enclosure, received
from the Swiss Political Department, dated December 28, 1918, relative
to communications from the German Government, addressed to the Allied
Governments.
I have [etc.]
[Page 54]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Swiss Political
Department to the American Legation
in Switzerland
Allg. D. Int. 540/I
Referring to its note Allg. Int. D. 540/I of December seventeenth
last,26 the Swiss
Political Department has the honor to transmit herewith, in copy, to
the Legation of the United States of America, a Note from the German
Legation concerning the communications addressed by the German
Government to the Allied Governments.
In requesting the Legation of the United States of America to take
the action on the Note in question which it seems to require the
Political Department takes this occasion to renew to it the
assurances of high consideration.
Berne, December 28,
1918.
[Subenclosure—Translation]
The German Minister in Switzerland (Romberg) to the President of the Swiss Federal Council
(Calonder)
A. I. 20808
Berne
, December 24, 1918.
Complying with the instructions he has received, the undersigned
German Minister has the honor, quite respectfully, to request the
Federal Government to bring the following to the knowledge of the
Government of the United States of America.
According to a statement contained in a press telegram from
Washington, the Government of the United States would have received
lately a Note from the German Government addressed to it
exclusively, and not to all the Governments of the Allies.
The German Government attaches some importance to state against this
assertion that, since the Government of the United States of America
has expressed the wish that all communications of the German
Government should not only be sent to it, but as well to all
Governments of the Allies, from that time accordingly, the German
Government has sent all Notes also to the Governments of Belgium,
France, Great Britain and Italy.
The undersigned avails himself [etc.]
