711.4216 M 58/96

The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Howard)

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Embassy’s note, No. 291 of April 28, 1926, and its enclosure, a copy of a Resolution adopted on April 7 last by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario protesting against the enactment by Congress of any legislation authorizing the diversion of water from the Great Lakes at Chicago in disregard of the vital interests of communities bordering upon the Great Lakes, and particularly those of the Province of Ontario.

Copies of your Embassy’s note and the Resolution are being transmitted to the interested authorities of this Government.

Accept [etc.]

Frank B. Kellogg