No. 730.
Mr. Bayard to Baron de
Fava.
Washington, August 7, 1888.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of 2d instant, in which, by order of your Government, you announce to the Government of the United States, according to the terms of article 34 of the Berlin Conference of 26th February, 1885, the establishment of an Italian protectorate over Zoula, south of Massowah, Africa; and to say in reply that until the United States shall, by subsequent accession and ratification of the general act of the Conference of Berlin, in the manner therein provided, become a party to the stipulations thereof, it will be impossible to determine the due and proper weight to be given by this Government to the announcement made in your note.
Accept, etc.,