Mr. Roosevelt to
Mr. Gresham.
Embassy
of the United States,
London, September 1,
1894. (Received September 10.)
No. 294.]
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, in
accordance with your Instruction No. 473, of the 10th ultimo, I
addressed, on the 23d of August last, a note to Her Majesty’s secretary
of state for foreign affairs, a copy of which is inclosed herewith,
requesting that the good offices heretofore extended in behalf of United
States citizens in Bulgaria by the British representative at Sofia, Mr.
Dering, might be continued by his successor in office, Sir Arthur
Nicholson, and I have now the honor to inclose herewith a copy of Lord
Kimberley’s reply thereto, stating that he will have pleasure in thus
instructing Sir Arthur Nicholson when his appointment is taken up in the
autumn.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure 1 in No.
294.]
Mr. Roosevelt
to Lord Kimberley.
Embassy of the United States,
London, August 23, 1894.
My Lord: Referring to Mr. Bayard’s note of
August 16, 1894, to your predecessor, and in accordance with
instructions from my Government, I have the honor to ask your
Lordship to be so good as to permit the newly appointed British
agent and consul-general at Sofia to continue the good offices
heretofore extended, so courteously and efficiently, to citizens of
the United States by his predecessor in office, Mr. Dering.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2 in 294.]
Lord Kimberley
to. Mr. Roosevelt.
Foreign Office, August 27, 1894.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 23d instant requesting on behalf of the
U. S. Government that the protection hitherto extended by Her
Majesty’s representatives at Sofia to American citizens in Bulgaria
may be continued by Mr. Dering’s successor.
I shall have much pleasure in giving instructions in this sense to
Sir Arthur Nicholson when he takes up his appointment as Her
Majesty’s agent and consul-general at Sofia in the course of the
autumn.
I have, etc.,
