752 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



the Government of the United States I have the honor to be with the 

 highest consideration 



Sir, your obedient servant, 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen. 



No. 693.] LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, 



London, January 17, 1884. (Received February 2.) 



SIR: Referring to your instruction No. 688, of October 16, 1883, 

 I have the honor to inclose a copy of the correspondence, since the 

 reception of that dispatch, between this legation and the foreign 

 office, in reference to the termination of certain articles of the treaty 

 of May 8, 1871. 



It will be seen by Lord Granville's note that Her Majesty's Gov- 

 ernment accept the notice of the termination of these articles of the 

 treaty as applying to Newfoundland as well as to the Dominion of 

 Canada. 



I have, &c. J. R. LOWELL. 



[Inclosure No. 1.] 



Mr. Lowell to Lord Granville. 



LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, 



London. November 16, 1883. 



MY LORD : Referring to your lordship's note of the 22d of August 

 last, in which your lordship inquired whether, in accepting the notice 

 which I gave to Her Majesty's Government, on the 2d of July last, 

 that the provisions of articles 18, 19, 20, 21. 22, 23, 24, 25, and 30 of 

 the treaty of May 8, 1871, between the United States and Great 

 Britain, will terminate and be of no force on the expiration of two 

 years from the date of said notice, Her Majesty's Government cor- 

 rectly understand the intention of the United States Government to 

 be that the provisions of article 32, which relate to Newfoundland, 

 shall cease to be in force and operation at the same time as the articles 

 recited in the notice which relate to the Dominion of Canada, I 

 have the honor to acquaint you that I lost no time in transmitting 

 a copy of your lordship's note to the Department of State. 



I have now received a reply from Mr. Frelinghuysen, in which I 

 am instructed to inform your lordship that Her Majesty's Govern- 

 ment correctly understand the intention of the Government of the 

 United States to be that the provisions of article 32 of the treaty of 

 Washington, which relate to Newfoundland, shall cease to be in force 

 and operation at the same time as the articles recited in the notice of 

 the termination given by me on the 2d of July last which relate to the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



Mr. Frelinghuysen states that your lordship's inquiry does not 

 appear to invite any discussion of the points involved, or to ask any- 

 thing more than a simple declaration of the intention of the United 

 States Government as to the scope of the notice of the termination 

 so given. He states, however, for my information, the reasons why 

 the thirty-second article must be considered as in force so long as 



