File No. 2887/1.

Ambassador Francis to the Secretary of State.

No. 135.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the department’s No. 58, dated December 14, 1906, relative to the case of Peter Szatkowski, a naturalized citizen of the United States, who, on a recent visit to Austria, was impressed into the Austrian army.

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The attention of the ministry of foreign affairs will be called to-day to the facts in the case and Mr. Szatkowski’s immediate dismissal from the army requested.

I am, etc.,

Charles S. Francis.