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

Mr. Olney to Mr. Terrell.

Department of State,
Washington, November 26, 1895.

No. 679.]

Sir: Your No. 667, of the 11th instant, further explains the grounds upon which you had made renewed demands at the Porte and palace for the protection of American missionaries whose safety might appear to be threatened by the events in eastern Asia Minor or elsewhere, and I have pleasure in confirming the approbation heretofore given to your conduct in warning the Ottoman Government that if any American—man, woman, or child—were hurt, your Government would hold it responsible.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney.