711.5221/39
The Spanish Ambassador (Riaño) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary: The Government of His Majesty wishing to regulate the intervention of consuls in settlements of estates and indemnities for labor accidents, and taking into consideration Your Excellency’s note of May 29, 1922,3 in which you stated that you were ready to enter upon negotiations for the conclusion of a treaty regulating such intervention, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the agreement effected between Spain and France by article 20 of the consular convention of January 7, 1862,4 with such modifications as might be jointly agreed to by the parties, might serve as a basis for the aforesaid agreement. This applies to matters relating to the intervention of the consuls in the settlement of estates of Spaniards in North America. As for indemnities on account of labor accidents we might use for our guidance the convention of November 27, 1919, between Spain and the Argentine Republic.5 For the proper information of Your Excellency I take the liberty of enclosing herewith a copy of the said article and of the convention6 and hope to be advised of the action which Your Excellency may see fit to take on the proposals mentioned above.
I avail myself [etc.]
- File translation revised.↩
- Not printed; the note was in reply to a note of July 30, 1921, from the Spanish Ambassador, inquiring whether the Government of the United States would be disposed to enter into negotiations for a treaty.↩
- British and Foreign State Papers, 1861–1862, vol. lii, p. 139.↩
- ibid., 1921, vol. cxiv, p. 566.↩
- Enclosure not printed.↩