Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 3, 1894

Mr. Qresham to Mr. McDonald.

Department of State,
Washington, August 17, 1893.

No. 13.]

Sir: I have received a dispatch from Mr. Sperry, No. 62, of the 5th ultimo, accompanied by a note in which the Persian Government requests the aid of that of the United States to secure the representation of Persia in the mixed tribunals of Egypt.

While this Government sympathizes with the desire of Persia to see the interests of its numerous subjects in Egypt duly respected, this Government is not so situated with regard to the mixed tribunals as to intervene with a view to securing an enlarged representation of the non-European element in the constitution of the tribunals.

Our representative at Cairo will be advised of the desires of Persia, and instructed to report upon the subject when the question of reorganization comes up.

I am, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham.