Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1875, Volume II

No. 530.
Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Cushing.

Department of State,
Washington, March 24, 1875.

No. 147.]

Sir: Your No. 287, of the 24th ultimo, relating to a question of precedence, recently made the subject of consideration by the diplomatic corps at Madrid, has been received.

The incident is in itself an interesting one, and the conclusion reached by that body appears to have been eminently proper.

I am, &c.,

JOHN L. CADWALADER,
Acting Secretary.