Mr. Gresham to Mr. Broadhead.
Department of State, June 9, 1893.
Sir: In the files of your legation you will find the correspondence between this Department and the legation concerning the child, Constance M. His, whose abduction from her mother in this country and detention by her father in Switzerland have been the subject of diplomatic negotiations between the two countries, as well as of proceedings in the courts of Switzerland.
This Department desires that you will investigate and make a succinct report upon all the judicial proceedings in Switzerland affecting the custody and status of this child, from and including the decree in the divorce suit awarding its custody to the mother. The Department would also be glad to have any suggestion which, after acquiring a complete knowledge of the case as it is there regarded, as well as from our standpoint, you may think proper to make in respect to the further diplomatic action to be taken.
I am, etc.,