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

Ambassador Thompson to the Acting Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, September 13, 1906.

Yours 12th relative to American schooner Hatteras, second paragraph, article 5, of Mexican law, issued December 18, 1902, provides a maritime belt of 20 kilometers in which vessels of all nationalities can be inspected by Mexican men-of-war or coast patrol vessels. If the department thinks this law should be questioned, will you kindly give further instructions.

D. E. Thompson.