No. 157.
Mr. Fish to Mr. Bancroft
No. 281.]
Department of State, Washington, January 17, 1871.
Sir: I inclose for your information a translation of a note of the 14th instant, from Baron Gerolt, and a copy of my reply of the same date, in regard to the revocation of the declaration made by the government of North Germany at the commencement of the existing war, exempting private property on the high seas from seizure by the cruisers of North Germany.
I am, &c.,
HAMILTON FISH.
[For copies of these inclosures see post, correspondence between the Department of State and the German legation in Washington.]