Mr. Phelps to Mr.
Foster.
Legation of
the United States,
Berlin, November 29, 1892.
(Received December 16.)
No. 510.]
Sir: Referring to the case of John Haberacker, I
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Department’s instruction
No. 381, of March 19 last, the contents of which were embodied by me in a
note (F. O. No. 321) to the foreign office on April 12.
I am to-day informed by the foreign office, in a note dated November 28,
1892, a copy and translation of which are herewith inclosed, that, as this
case has practically been settled by the desertion of the said Haberacker
from the Bavarian army, the Imperial Government prefers not to continue the
discussion of the question which it involves.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
510.—Translation.]
Foreign
Office,
Berlin,
November 28, 1892.
Referring to the note of April 12, last (F. O., No. 321) the undersigned
has the honor to inform the envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States of America, Mr. William Walter
Phelps, that, according to information received from the Royal Bavarian
Government, John Haberacker deserted on March 31, 1891, and has not as
yet been captured.
As the affair has actually been settled hereby, the undersigned assumes
that he may refrain from a further discussion of the questions which
have arisen, but begs to remark that the Royal Bavarian Government,
after renewed investigation, still maintains, as heretofore, the entire
correctness of the views which have been set forth in the undersigned’s
note of December 1 last.
The undersigned avails, etc.,
