Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1892

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of the United States,
London, January 15, 1892. (Received January 25.)

No. 595.]

Sir: Referring to my dispatch. No. 594 of the 9th instant, inclosing a copy of my note of the same date addressed to the Marquis of Salisbury on the matter of the refusal of the Canadian Government to admit citizens of the United States to the privilege of registration of copy right in Canada, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a communication which I have just received from the foreign office in reply.

I have, etc.,

Robert T. Lincoln.

[Inclosure in No. 595.]

Lord Salisbury to Mr. Lincoln.

Foreign Office, January 13, 1892.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, in which you call attention to the action of the Canadian Government in refusing to admit citizens of the United States to privilege of registration of copyright in Canada; and I beg leave to inform you in reply that I have requested the secretary of state for the Colonies to obtain, as soon as possible, a report on the matter from the Canadian Government.

I have, etc.,

Salisbury.