Mr. Muruaga to Mr. Gresham.
Washington, August 24, 1894. (Received August 25.)
The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain, has the honor to inform the honorable Secretary of State that he has received his note of the 20th instant, relative to the judgments pronounced by the Tribunal of Arbitration at Paris in the question submitted to it by the Government of the United States and that of Great Britain, concerning the taking and preservation of fur seals in Bering Sea, and to the invitation addressed to the Government of Spain to adhere to the decisions of said tribunal.
The undersigned minister has informed the Government of His Majesty of the desire expressed in the said note, and has transmitted to it at the same time the documents inclosed therein, and as soon as an answer shall be received he will hasten to transmit it to the honorable Secretary of State.
The undersigned avails, etc.,