Mr. McCormick
to Mr. Hay.
American Embassy,
St.
Petersburg, September 10,
1904.
No. 183.]Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith
the translation of a note from his excellency the minister for
foreign affairs, stating that the special commission charged with
the examination of the cargo of the steamship Calchas, at Vladivostok, has not yet finished its work and
that the matter must be left to follow the ordinary course
prescribed by law, and that he, the minister for foreign affairs,
can take no further part in the matter, his participation 111 the
prize cases being limited to the nomination of a representative of
the ministry on the supreme prize tribunal at St. Petersburg.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Count Lamsdorff to Mr. McCormick.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
St. Petersburg, August 27 (September
9), 1904.
Mr. Ambassador: In reply to the note of
August 20, last, relating to the matter of the steamship Calchas, I have the honor to announce to
your excellency, for your information, that, according to a
telegram received from His Majesty the Emperor’s lieutenant in
the Far East, the special commission whose duty it is to examine
the cargo of that vessel at Vladivostok has not yet finished its
work. It is well understood that the further development of this
case must follow the course prescribed by law and that the
imperial ministry for foreign affairs does not find itself in a
position to take any further part in it, either in Vladivostok
or in St. Petersburg, its participation in the prize cases being
limited exclusively to the nomination of a representative of the
ministry to the supreme prize tribunal at St. Petersburg.
I avail, etc.,
