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. Olney to Mr. McDonald.

Department of State.
Washington, January 21, 1896.

No. 134.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 218, diplomatic series, of the 14th ultimo, reporting apprehensions of danger on the part of American missionaries residing in Persia near the Turkish border, and to express my appreciation of your precautionary inquiries looking to their safety.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney.