Martens.
[26]. A treaty without any limitations. (Observation of 1908.—B. S.)
[27]. It is a fact that a few days later the question at issue was submitted to the arbitration of the Queen of England. Later the two republics concluded a standing agreement to bring every future controversy before the Hague Tribunal, and as a result reduced their armaments and sold their war ships. As a memorial to this agreement a gigantic statue of the Christ has been erected on a peak of the mountain boundary, the Andes. (Observation of 1908.—B. S.)
[28]. It was not his first letter to me. A few months before, young Egidy surprised and delighted me with the following communication from a distant part of the world:
On his Majesty’s ship Seeadler
Tullear, Madagascar, April 20, 1898
My dear Baroness:
As the first German naval officer who, since the war of 1870, has left a war ship to step on soil now French, I am taking the liberty of sending you this respectful greeting.
No great political action has brought us hither, but the fact that German ships of war are again calling at French harbors is symptomatic, and will certainly be welcomed by you with satisfaction; therefore I could not deny myself the pleasure of giving you this bit of information.
I am glad, gracious lady, to take this opportunity to express to you a son’s gratitude for the true comradeship which you have given my father; I know how precious it has been to him and how thankfully he has accepted it.