Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Egan.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, November 1, 1891.

Mr. Blaine instructs Mr. Egan to claim the privilege of reading the paper which the American sailors have signed in secret, in a language they did not understand, and without being accompanied by counsel, and to see that no one from the Baltimore, officer or sailor, is allowed to testify except in the presence of a friend acting as counsel and in his own language openly and not secretly.