No. 696.
Mr. Preston to Mr. Bayard.

[Translation.]

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to announce to you that Messrs. C. A. de Chambrun, George S. Boutwell, and James G. Berret are the counsel for the Haytian Government in the case of C. A. Van Bokkelen, which is submitted to Mr. Alexander P. Morse as arbitrator.

Accept, etc.,

Stephen Preston.