The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-11-12
MR.. FOSTER TO NR. noNRoE.
WASHINGTON, July, 20, 1911.

| w July, 20, 1911.
have had the honor receive voul. let
ter OF July %, III answer nine # the 81: &
I4th IN tant which you will permit me {, say
were not merely relative K his Maiesty's Or
dcrs in Council, and tho blockade Y. Nav.
1906, but also to the .dcnt's prociau,a-
ton OF last Nov. & to tie Consequent act CT
Congress ct March 2, as well s tc the lust
complaints which His Royal Highness the
fi1nce Regent had Inmantled me 20 make.
to your government with respect to the pro
clamation and to that act.
n the U. > government had expected that
should have made communications which,
would have enabled them tc come to accom-
mediation with g. b on the ground On which
alone you say it was possible tomcct US * that
you mean by that expression departure from
our system Of defence against the new kind
of warfare still practice6 by France, l am
at loss to discover from what source they
could have derived those expectations, Ger.
talny not If m the correspondence between
the Marquis Welle sley and Mr. Pinkney.
Before proceed to reply to the arguments
which are brought forward by you to shev
that the DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan are re-
pealed, must first enter into an cxplinaticn
upon some points which you have evident
| ly Inexperienced, for i will not suppose
| you could have wished to misinterpret nv
| meaning
| And first in regard to the blockade of Nav
1906, must avow that am wholly ut a loss
| 20 ma out from what part of my letter il is
mat the President has drawn the nncnaEfed
inference that should the orders in counci, Of
1907, be revoked, the blockade of Nav 1906.
would cease with them. 1t is most material
| that ON this point no mistake should exist be-
tween US. From your letter it would aupear
as II on the question of blockade which Ame-
. Il fah Wit -
demand for repeal Of our orders IN council.
Y. Il. had made thc recession required or
her as If, after all that has passed ON the
subject, after the asst enlistment and regret ~
His Majesty's government at the ". s. hav-
ing taken up the view which the French 90,
vernment presented of our just and leeiti
mate principles OF blockade which are exen-
plihed in the blockake Of Nav 1906. the
whole ground taken by His Maiestv's s-oyerp-
ment was at once abandoned When had
the honor to exhibit to YOU my instructions.
and to draw up as ] conceived, according te
your wishes and those of the President a
statement OF the mode in which that block
ane would probably disappear, / never meant
I to authorize such conclusion, and I now
! beg most unequivocally to disclaim Il. Tho
blockade OF May, 1906, will not continue az.
ter the repeal Of the Orders in Council, un-
| less Ills MaiCsty's government shall tl,iu( III
to sustain tidy the special application of a
sufficient naval force, and the fact of its be-
ing so continued or not, will be notified at ,le.
time. II in this view Of the matter. which
IS certainly presented in a oonciiatoly spirit.
ono OF the obstacles to complete undcrstasi-
ding between our countries can be removed
| BY the y. s. government waving all further
reference TO that blockade when they car, hd
justified in asking re cal Of the Orders. &
may communicate this to my government.
i yill undoubtedly be very satisfacfoly ttt