The Spanish Chargé to the Secretary of State.
Washington, December 30, 1905.
Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to advise your excellency, by order of His Majesty’s government, that the Sultan of Morocco adhering to his desire that the conference relative to the affairs in his Empire should be held at Algeciras, the cabinet of Madrid has [Page 684] notified the foreign representatives accredited to the courts of Don Alfonso, that it will receive the delegates to that conference in that city with great pleasure, and do everything in its power to procure accommodations for its personnel within the slim facilities offered at that place. It is further my duty to inform your excellency that, at the request of all the foreign representatives invited to the conference, who are to attend the wedding of Her Royal Highness Infanta Doña Maria Teresa and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, the meeting of the conference has been postponed until the 16th of January next.
I renew, etc.,