Baron Moncheur to the Secretary of State.
Washington , March 26, 1906 .
Mr. Secretary of State: In continuation of the memorandum I had the honor to address to your excellency on January 4 respecting [Page 75] the conventions relative to collisions and salvage at sea, I am instructed to call your favorable attention again to the question of the adhesion of the United States to the proposed agreements.
If the drafts should gain from the interested powers the favorable reception it is permissible to look to, the Government of Belgium believes that they might receive diplomatic sanction without its becoming necessary to call a third session of the conference.
I should be thankful to your excellency if you would kindly acquaint me with the views of the Cabinet of Washington in this respect, and gladly embrace this opportunity to tender the renewed assurances of my very high consideration.