Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part II

The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador White.

Department of State,
Washington, September 11, 1906.

No. 130.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 246, of the 14th ultimo, in which with reference to the counterfeiting of the United States consular seal at Palermo you report that the case has been appealed by the Italian attorney-general.

The department approves your action in the matter.

In accordance with the suggestion of the foreign office, the department will await the decision of the Italian court of appeals before proceeding to an exchange of notes on the subject.

I am, etc.,

Robert Bacon.