, 1870-06-29
THE FRENCH CARLE,
Official Correspondence Relative to
the lec1fn1ulAlAmcnt OF Exclusive
Privileges.

! eAS A>esaAlAAAAmeHL Oh EXCLUSIVE
Privileges
Tho correspondence in relatiou to liz
french Marine Cable has just boen published
Inc Mlnlster OF Foreign AHairs on tho 3ts,
Of March last addressed tho following note ia
tho Minister at Washington;
[ lie Government Of tho Empernr con,
sentA to the mobilization Of it's CONTRACT with
tAe tronch Cable Company, in tho souaa Of
tha REIMBURSEMENT OF tic privilege (tLat is,
consents ssaa TO The 1ehnquishnent. Of the priv,
ieges1 aBreeably to tho viewa Of tue Waai,iIr,-
ton Cabinet. It likewise desirss, in asrs1,s-
| ing fhls matter. to come to an understandable
Tatil tie Government Of the Union, in oruae
10 " MAXIMUM OF thiIty-seyen francs Gfty
continues a. the price Ut ! despatch OF tca
"olas, and TO impose this condition Oh all tue
says: t'p4D
Tho President is gsatiiieu to lca1n. that
Tue french Government have adopted. the
that they have revoked the grant Of exclusive
or monopoly privileges. He undsrytanda tlo
feEnqlllsAmant Of tho exclusive character, n
tue grant made to the projectors OF tho pres-
ent cable to involve the conoessson and &C.
any cable Which mas be established by aathoG-
y OF thus government, to land upon tie French I
ahofe. and 10 connect with and enipy tho sa1na
privileges and facilities for forwarding, trtna-
1;tt,nG, 1;naa and delivering its messages over tic
lhea Established IN French territory. l.
and q connecting with e1t1a-torritoriaI liaas'
&C., taat are or may be enjoyed by the present !:
FlencA Line, or by any other hereafter tn bo |
eatab1shed In case the intent aud etroct OF
tue REIMBURSEMENT be other thar as above. nr
N case It !s not to bo construed aH granting or
contemplating entire reciprocity aud a6ua1
faculties, the President desires to be informed.
he approves tho idea OF fixing 1uaximnu
[ate OF charge; possibly that suggested nav
DO proper but on thus point he reserves an
3pthion. LIE will be glad to cooperate to pro-
ioce cs such result; but either legislation bv
,uA governments, or an arrangement By
Ms.' os'"'' ~ eaeca
NJ; Berthemy, in reply, juno II, says:
heieu1nE to my verbal communication IN I
nus subject, I have the honor to inform Won
ilat the company in whose favor I have been 7
nected ny my government to ask for autllori- I
ation = to land On the coast Of the United
tatea the submarine cable designed TO con- a
ect this country by telegraph with: France, :
as !enouhced the exclusive privilege which
'as insured to it by tho frat contract. The |
reaty establishing this now situation hss lust
een signed by tie Minister Of the Interior
nd Ar. Erlanger."
A1r, Fish, June 18, SAYS; (,
" Understanding this REIMBURSEMENT in thu "
eEse expressed in my letter to YOU or tho iii, I
April last Il have to say that in couaeouence d
tias the opposition which the Executive De- o
afiment Of the government has hitherto made C.
ilIe l.1aing of this cable is now withdrawn. o
ud ttat Eh1u transmit the information which h
Dn have communicated to mo to The annrn- I
rate committees OF the Senate and Of tbe ! i
onse or Representatives,, to which those | p
'ties lave respectively referred the peoDoaei Il
glslatiun On this subject" e