File No. 573/146.
The Acting Secretary of State to the British Ambassador.
Washington, August 8, 1907.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th ultimo, in which, with reference to the seizure of the Alert, you advise this department that the Canadian Government has instructed its officers not to interfere with any trap set by an American fisherman in waters where a license for such a trap would not be refused to a British subject, even though no special license, as required by Canadian law, has been taken out; but only to report such cases for the consideration of the department of fisheries.
In reply I beg to say that this Government highly appreciates the good disposition shown in treating this matter.
I have, etc.,