Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1888, Part II

No. 35.
Sir L. S. Sackville West to Mr. Bayard.

Washington, April 2, 1888. (Received April 3.)

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that the Marquis of Salisbury has received intimation from the Canadian Government to the effect that orders have been issued by the United States Government for the capture of British ships fishing in Behring Sea, and that he has telegraphed to me to represent earnestly the extreme importance of enabling Her Majesty’s Government to contradict this rumor.

I have, etc.,

L. S. Sackville West.