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General Armstrong, minister plenipoten.
tiary Of the United States at Paris, to
ar. Smith, Secretary of State.
Extract d "a lrter from General armstrong 70
Nr. Smith, .Srcretmu Of STATE dated,
$ Paris, January Is, 1910.
Nj. Champagny stated. that the orcer.
given in relation TO our ships, &c. &c. In
Spain, was a regular consequence OF the
svstem. declared in his letter OF the 22d
Angus, last, and which had been promulga-
ted throughout the United States. 8" It is OBJ
vious, ne added, that his majesty cannot
permit 20 his allies a commerce, which he
denies 10 himself. This would be, at once,
70 defeat his system and Cypress his sub
jects, by demanding from them great and
useless sacrifices for If the system be not
strictly observed every where, it cannot any
where produce the effects expected from it.
Sill, he said, the property is only seqaes'
,rated, and becomes subject OF the present
negotiation" As our circumstances have
been sufficiently frequent and free ; as this
was meeting merely of oonciiation and
as the closing remark Of the minister indi-
Gated rather the policy or looking forward
to our rights, than backward ON our wrongs,
thought il .nost prudent to suppress the
obvious answers, which might have beeu
given TO his observations, aud which, un-
der other circumstances, should not have
been omitse d. accordingly contented my
self with expressing hope, that our future
intercourse should be competition only Of
good Offices.
In conformity to the suggestions contain
ed in your letter of the 1st December,
1909, demanded whether, if Great Bri-
tain revoked her blockades, of date an
terror TO the decree, commonly called the
Berlin decree, his majesty the emperor
Woult. consent TO revoAe the said decree :!
To which the minister answered, that the
only condition required, for the revocation,
BY his majesty, OF tie decree Of Berlin,
will he previous revocation by the British
gov, rpment OF her blockade Of Ftance, or
part OF Flance, (such as that from the
Elb- TO BrtsD of date anterior to that of
the aforesaid dtclse and that, ii the Bri-
d,rs in couocil, which had occas!oned the
decree Of Milan, that decree should also be
annull-d Our interview closed here, and
we have had 30 meeting, either accidental
or by rendezvous since"
Extracts Of a letter fran Gen. armstrong
to Jir. Smith, dated Paris, Sd nay, 1910.
MIR. Le- arrived here some cG,ys ago,
with two letters from Mr.. Pnkncy, copies
of which, with my answers, are caclosed."
/ need scarcely observe how impossi.
Bile it is tor me to make this, OF any similar
statement, the ground work Of new de-
nand for repeal Of the Berlin decree
Mr.. plNSNEY TO cen. ARMSTRONG.
London WQrch 9Th, 1870.
SIR,
had the honor to receive, by Mr.. Pow.
ell, your letter of the 25th of January. In
pursuance Of my instructions, | have ad-
dressed Ict,er to the Marquis Wellesley,
his Britannia majesy's principal secretary
of state for foreign affairs, inquiring whc-
ther any, and if any, what blockades Of
France, instituted by Great Britain, during
the present war, before the 1st Of Janua-
ry, 1907, are understood By this govern
ment TO be in force I? Lord Welesley's
reply TO that letter, not being SO explicit
as | wished, | have written second letter
requesting explanation. In bis lordship's
answer to my second letter, am informed
that the blockade notified by Great. Britain,
in May, 1906, (from the Elbe to Brestl
has never been formally withdrawn, but that
the restrictions Which that blockade estab-
lished, are comprehended under the more
extensive restrictions OF the order IN coan-
Gil, Of the 7th January, 1907, md that no
other blockade OF the potts Of France was