711.428/800
The British Ambassador (Howard) to the Secretary of State
Sir: In his note of October 4th, 1923,5 Mr. Phillips was so good as to inform Mr. Chilton that the President of the United States had expressed his readiness to re-submit to the Senate the Convention, concluded between the United States and Great Britain on March 2nd, 1923 for the protection of the Northern Pacific halibut fishery, with a view to obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Convention as signed, that is to say, without the reservation made by the Senate on March 3rd,6 1923.
As the Government of Canada are taking steps to pass legislation in connection with the Convention, I have the honour to ask you to be so good as to inform me at the earliest possible moment whether this Convention has been re-submitted to the Senate and whether the Senate has agreed to its ratification without the reservation above referred to.
I have [etc.]
- See Foreign Relations, 1923, vol. i, p. 478.↩
- Legislative day.↩