Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1870

No. 3.

[Telegram.]

Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish.

August 8, 1870.

Fish, Secretary, Washington:

Austria declines alliance proffered by France. War preparations and fortifications continue, but only as precautionary and for defense.

JAY.