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The German Ambassador (Maltzan) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to refer to the fact that the Bill S. 3574, “a bill to provide for the deportation of certain alien seamen, and for other purposes” was taken up in the Senate.
I reported to my Government in due course concerning the Bill and also the whole of the hearings in the Immigration Committee of the Senate concerning the Bill. My Government, reserving the right of further instructions, has now instructed me to call the attention of the Government of the United States to the fact that the enactment of the Bill would prove an extraordinary burden to German shipping interests in its application.
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