Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1890

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Hirsch.

Department of State,
Washington, May 20, 1890.

No. 90.]

Sir: Dispatch No. 123 of the 3d instant from your legation is received. Your note of the 1st instant to the minister of state, in the case of the assault on Messrs. Knapp and Raynolds by Moussa Bey in 1883, is regarded as a most excellent presentation of the matter as it stands at this juncture.

Awaiting the reply of the Porte,

I am, etc.,

James G. Blaine.