Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Mr. Bayard to Mr. Olney.

Embassy of the United States,
London, December 2, 1895. (Received Dec. 13.)

No. 544.]

Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 883 of the 12th ultimo, requesting information for the use of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury as to the amount paid by Russia to Great Britain for the seizure of Canadian sealing vessels in 1892, I have the honor to report that further inquiry made at the foreign office discloses the fact that while the claim in question is fully admitted by Russia in principle, nothing has as yet been actually paid and no definite amount has been suggested or agreed upon by Great Britain.

A general claim for damages has been made and allowed, but the exact sum to be demanded is still under discussion in the different departments of Her Majesty’s Government.

I have, etc.,

T. F. Bayard.