Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 841.857 T53/41.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Consul General at Halifax.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, April 29, 1912.

You have no jurisdiction in the premises as there is no treaty provision with Great Britain granting consular officers authority to take charge of the effects of deceased Americans.

Wilson.