Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 7, 1874

No. 581.
Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Cushing.

Department of State,
Washington, October 20, 1874.

No. 78.]

Sir: Your dispatch No. 104, of the 22d ultimo, inclosing a printed copy and translation of a communication addressed by Admiral Polo de Bernabe to El Gobierno,” (a newspaper published in Madrid,) in which he pronounces the correspondence on the subject of Puerto Rico, attributed to him by the “Freeman’s Journal,” a forgery, has been received.

The letter of Admiral Polo had already appeared in the public prints in this country, and will finally dispel any possible question on this subject. The publication in the “Freeman’s Journal” has attained a notoriety hardly justified, considering its source and foundation.

I am, &c,

JOHN L. CADWALADER,
Acting Secretary.