Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Rockhill to Mr. Patenôtre.

Department of State,
Washington, July 25, 1896.

No. 69.]

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant, stating that Madagascar has been declared a French colony by a law which implies the abrogation of the treaties signed by the Hova Government, and substitutes for those the conventions existing between the United States and France.

Accept, etc.,

W. W. Rockhill,
Acting Secretary.