Mr. Blaine to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the British minister, and has the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the copy, left at the Department of State, of a telegram from Lord Salisbury to Sir Julian Pauncefote of the 23d of April, 1892, in regard to the action Her Britannic Majesty’s Government has taken relative to the modus vivendi.