EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 9, 1888_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State,
relative to the requests which have been received from various maritime
associations and chambers of commerce of this country asking that
measures be taken to convoke an international conference at Washington
of representatives of all maritime nations to devise measures for the
greater security of life and property at sea.
I commend this important subject to the favorable consideration of
Congress.