No. 412.
Mr. Bayard
to Mr. Curry.
[Telegram.]
Washington, October 25,
1886—2.15 p.m.
Mr. Bayard informs Mr. Curry that a proposition to equalize absolutely the carrying flags of the United States and Spain in the Spanish West Indies, no discrimination being made as regards the origin of the cargo or the port of shipment thereof, has been laid before him by the minister of Spain at Washington, who has been instructed by his Government to that end; that a memorandum of such an agreement has been given to Mr. Muruaga, and that a telegram has been sent by the atter to his Government asking for authority to sign the same.