Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1884

No. 179.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. West.

Department of State,
Washington, August 22, 1884.

Sir: With reference to your note of the 11th instant, I have the honor to inform you that the memorandum which accompanied it, concerning the state of the labor traffic in the Western Pacific islands, has received careful examination. This Government looks with favor upon any humanitarian work, and would like more information as to the scope and form of the proposed agreement.

I have, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.