Mr. Havenith, Chargé d’Affaires of the Belgian Legation, to the Secretary of State.
Lenox, August 29, 1906.
Mr. Secretary of State: By order of my Government, I have the honor to inform your excellency that the department of foreign affairs of Germany has notified the minister of Belgium at Berlin that the Imperial Government does not propose to suggest any change in the text of the resolutions passed in October last by the Brussels international conference on maritime law.
Owing to the modifications that may be proposed hereafter by other powers, the German Government deems it best, however, to withhold its final answer until all the States concerned shall have made their intentions known.
Accept, etc.,