Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1880

No. 565.
Mr. Evarts to Mr. Hoffman.

Department of State,
Washington, August 10, 1880.

No. 22.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches of the 15th and 21st ultimos, in the case of Henry Pinkos, a citizen of the United States, of the Jewish faith, who has been ordered to quit St. Petersburg.

In view of the cruel situation in which Mr. Pinkos was placed by the action of the police at Cronstadt I telegraphed you to-day as follows:

Dispatch 20 received. Make every proper representation to the government in Pinkos’ case that will relieve his situation.

I am sure that His Majesty’s Government will require no further reasons for the extension to Mr. Pinkos of such facilities for his departure from Russia, and for making good to him, as far as may be possible, the loss of property incident to the action taken by the authorities in his case, than a plain statement of the facts.

I am, sir, &c.

WM. M. EVARTS.