No. 399.
Mr. Valera to Mr. Frelinghuysen.
Washington, July 31, 1884. (Received August 4.)
The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Spain, has the honor of informing the Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States, that he has received “his note of the 24th instant, inclosing a copy of the communication directed by the attorney of the district of Cayo Hueso to the Attorney-General, in regard to the confiscation of the schooner Shavers and the trial of Emilio Diaz, Patrick Berry, and Bruno Alphonso.
The undersigned, in behalf of his Government, warmly thanks the Government of the United States for its zeal in sustaining the laws thereof, by bringing to trial and punishing the organizers of expeditions against the public peace of the island of Cuba, and gladly avails, &c.