No. 647.
Mr. Wallace to Mr.
Frelinghuysen.
Legation of
the United States,
Constantinople, February 28, 1885.
(Received March 17.)
No. 480.]
Sir: Referring to your dispatch No. 260, relative
to the affair of Messrs. Knapp and Reynolds, I have the honor to inclose
herewith a copy of a note in their case which will be sent to-day to the
minister of foreign affairs. The communication, I beg to say, is in
accordance with your instructions in the matter of Dr. Pflaum (see
Department dispatch No. 257), and I hope it will meet your approval.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure in No. 480.]
Mr. Wallace to
Assim Pasha.
Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, February 27,
1885.
Excellency: Immediately upon receipt of the
note, No. 77230, 2, dated the 12th of last January, which you did me the
honor to address to me relative to the outrage perpetrated by the Kurd,
Moussa Bey, upon the American citizens, Messrs. Knapp and Reynolds,
concerning which there had been much correspondence between your
ministry and this legation, I referred it to the Department of State of
my Government.
The admission in the said communication of the discovery of
irregularities in the affair of those gentlemen serious enough to
justify the Sublime Porte in putting certain officials connected with
them under judgment, was viewed by the chief of the Department as
satisfactory evidence of a desire and purpose on the part of the
imperial Government to act in the matter in accordance with
international comity and light counsel. The further view of my
Government is that the judgment under which the delinquent officials
have been put, whatever it may have been, is not a sufficient
satisfaction for the extreme personal injuries inflicted upon Messrs.
Knapp and Reynolds.
Lest the Sublime Porte may conclude otherwise, I have the honor to renew
the demand for a money indemnity heretofore made in their behalf, and to
request yon to be good enough to give me an answer at your earliest
convenience.
I avail, &c.,
