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

No. 4.

[Telegram.—Received at Washington August 22.]

Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish.

August 21, 1870.

Fish, Secretary, Washington:

England, Italy, and Russia have mutually agreed to rest neutral, and not to change their position without notice and statement of reasons. Austria, asked to join neutral league, will consent with the additional understanding that efforts for mediation shall be made, not separately but jointly.

JAY.